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General  Orders 


BOARD  OF  SUPERVISORS 


REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT 


City  and  County  of/ San  Francisco. 


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General  Orders 


BOARD  OF  SUPERVISORS 


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REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT 


City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  : 

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State  Map,  Salt  Marsh  and  Title  Lands 

Official  Map  adopted 

Regulating  delivery  of  Water  and  providing  for  flushing  Sewers 

Rules  for  Delivery  of  Water  in  Case  of  Fire,  etc 

Duplicate  payments  of  Taxes  to  be  paid  into  C.  and  C.  Treasury. 

Nuisances,  Misdemeanors,  etc 

Streets,  etc 

Licenses 

Repairs  on  Streets  and  Sidewalks 

Numbering  Houses 

Unclaimed  Property 

Public  Property  and  Prisoners 

Public  Pound 

Public  Health,  etc 

Hospital,  Almhouse,  House  of  Correction 

Police  Department 

Vehicles,  etc.. 

Opium,  Prohibiting  Sale  without  License 

Shooting  Galleries,  relating  to 

Gas  from  Crude  Petroleum 

Garbage,  etc.,  on  Streets 

Uses  of  Streets  for  Laying  Pipes 

Bells  on  Street  Cars 

Removal  of  Dead  Animals 

Erection  of  Street  Guides 

Lepers  Prohibited  from  Landing 

Injury  to  Public  Fountains 

Protection  against  Fire 

Reconstruction  of  Wooden  Sewers 

Opium,  prohibited  in  Public  Institutions . . 

Peddling  Theater  Tickets 

Laundry  Order 


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GENERAL  ORDERS. 


OEDEE  No.  1,603; 


EELATING  TO  THK  POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Permanent  Police  Force.] 

Section  1.  The  Permanent  Police  Force  shall  consist  of  five  Captains  of 
Police,  and  four  hundred  Police  Officers. 

[Police  Office  and  Police  Stations.] 

Section  2.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  keep  his  office  in  the  Old  City  Hall. 
There  shall  be  one  Police  Station  at  the  Old  City  Hall,  provided  with  cells 
for  the  detention  and  safe-keeping  of  prisoners.  There  shall  be  a  Police 
Station  at — 

The  New  City  Hall;  also,  at  or  near 

Davis  and  Pacific  streets; 

Steuart  and  Folsom  streets; 

Fourth  and  Folsom  streets; 

Seventeenth  and  Howard  streets; 

Polk  and  Jackson  streets; 

[Register  of  Arrests  and  Entries,  how  made.] 

Section  3.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  provide  and  cause  to  be  kept  at  the 
Police  Station  in  the  City  Hall,  by  the  officer  in  charge,  a  Register  of  Arrests. 
Upon  such  register  there  shall  be  entered  a  statement,  showing,  in  a  clear 
and  distinct  manner,  the  date  and  hour  of  such  arrest,  the  name  of  the  per- 
son arrested,  the  name  of  the  officer  making  the  arrest,  the  name  of  the 
complaining  witness  and  his  place  of  residence,  the  offense  charged,  and 
a  description  of  any  property  found  upon  or  in  possession  of  the  person 
arrested. 


2  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF  THE 

[Transcript  of  Entries.] 

Section  4.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  cause  to  be  made  out  and  delivered 
to  the  Police  Judge,  at  or  before  nine  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  every  day, 
Sundays  excepted,  an  exact  transcript  of  all  the  entries  made  in  the  Kegister 
of  Arrests  since  the  last  preceding  report.  Such  transcript  shall  be  headed, 
"  Office  Chief  of  Police — Daily  Report,"  and  shall  be  truly  dated  and  certi- 
fied by  the  Chi*?f  of  Police,  or  Captain  in  charge,  to  be  correct. 

rP.ook  for  ■'ilntry  of  Nuisances  and  Violation  of  Orders.] 

Section  5.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  provide  and  keep  in  his  office  a 
book,  open  and  accessible  to  every  citizen,  wherein  notice  may  be  given  of  the 
existence  of  any  nuisance,  or  the  violation  of  any  law  or  any  order  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors. 

[  Book  for  Entering  Information  of  Offenses  Committed,  and  to  whom  accessible.] 

Section  6.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  provide  and  keep  in  his  office  a 
book  wherein  shall  be  entered  daily  all  the  information  he  may  receive  re- 
specting o£fenses  committed,  of  suspected  persons  or  places,  of  property 
stolen,  the  name  of  the  officer,  if  any,  on  duty  where  any  offense  shall  have 
been  committed,  and  every  other  fact  and  circumstance  that  may  lead  to  the 
arrest  of  criminals,  or  the  recovery  of  stolen  property.  Such  book  shall  be 
accessible  only  to  the  Police  Judge,  District  Attorney,  Assistant  District  At- 
torney and  Mayor. 

[Police  not  to  Visit  Saloons,  etc,  while  on  Duty.] 

Section  7.  No  Police  Officer  shall,  while  on  duty,  visit  any  drinking 
saloon,  house  of  ill-fame,  theater,  circus,  or  other  place  of  business  or  amuse- 
ment, except  he  be  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty. 

[Police  Uniforms  and  Badges.] 

Section  8.  The  Chief  of  Police,  and  all  Officers  of  the  Permanent  Police 
Force  shall  provide  themselves  with  uniforms  and  badges  of  office,  which 
shall  be  worn  by  them  upon  all  occasions,  with  such  exceptions,  on  the  part 
of  officers  performing  detective  duty,  as  may  be  permitted  by  the  Chief  of 
Police. 

[Police  UniforniS  and  Badges  Described.] 

Section  9.  The  full  dress  of  the  members  of  the  Police  Force  shall  be  of 
blue  cloth,  indigo-dyed,  and  all  wool,  and  shall  be  as  follows: 


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For  the  Chief — The  dress  shall  be  a  double-breasted  frock  coat,  the  waist  to 
extend  to  the  top  of  the  hip  and  the  skirt  to  within  one  inch  of  the  bend  of 
'the  knee;  two  rows  of  Police  buttons  on  the  breast,  eight  in  each  row,  placed 
in  pairs,  the  distance  between  each  row  five  and  one-half  inches  at  the  top 
and  three  and  one-half  inches  at  the  bottom;  stand  up  collar,  to  rise  no  higher 
^han  to  permit  the  chin  to  torn  freely  over  it,  to  hook  in  front  at  the  bottom; 
•cuffs  three  and  one  half  inches  deep,  and  to  button  with  three  small  buttons 
at  the  under  seam;  two  buttons  on  the  hips,  one  button  on  the  bottom  of  each 
skirt-pocket  welt,  and  two  buttons  intermediate,  so  that  there  will  be  six 
buttons  on  the  back;  collars  and  cuffs  to  be  of  dark  blue  velvet;  lining  of  the 
coat  black;  the  pantaloons  plain;  black  neck-cloth  and  white  collar;  the  vest 
single-breasted,  with  eight. buttons  placed  at  equal  distances. 

For  Captains — The  same  as  for  the  Chief,  except  that  there  will  be  eight 
buttons  in  each  row  on  the  breast  of  the  coat,  placed  at  equal  distances,  the 
collar  rolling;  the  collar  and  cuffs  of  the  same  color  and  material  as  the  coat; 
the  wreath  on  the  hat  to  enclose  the  word  "  Captain,"  in  gold. 

Eor  Sergeants  and  Corporals— Such  members  of  the  Police  Force  as  may- 
be detailed  by  the  Chief  of  Police  to  act  as  Sergeants  and  Corporals  shall 
wear  the  same  uniform  as  patrolmen,  with  an  appropriate  chevron. 

For  Police  Officers— The  dress  shall  be  a  single-breasted  frock  coat,  with 
rolling  collar,  the  waist  to  extend  to  the  hip  and  the  skirt  to  within  one  inch 
of  the  bend  of  the  knee;  nine  buttons  on  the  breast,  two  buttons  on  the  hips, 
two  buttons  on  the  bottom  of  each  pocket,  and  three  small  buttons  on  the 
under  seam  of  the  cuffs;  pantaloons  plain;  white  shirt  collar;  black  neck 
cloth;  vest  single-breasted,  with  nine  buttons  placed  at  equal  distances. 

The  overcoat  shall  be  of  blue  cloth,  indigo-dyed,  double-breasted,  rolling 
collar,  waist  to  extend  one  inch  below  the  hip,  skirt  to  three  inches  below 
the  bend  of  the  knee,  swell-edge  stitched  one-fourth  of  an  inch  from  the  edge. 
Captains  will  have  eight  police  buttons  on  each  breast,  six  on  back  and  skirt, 
and  three  on  the  cuffs.  Patrolmen  will  have  nine  police  buttons  on  each 
breast,  four  on  the  back  and  skirt,  and  two  on  the  cuffs.  All  buttons  on  the 
breast  of  double-breasted  coats  shall  be  placed  in  two  rows  at  a  distance 
between  rows  of  7  inches  at  top  and  3^  inches  at  bottom,  measured  from 
centers,  and  in  such  a  manner  as  to  form,  when  the  coat  is  buttoned,  direct 
lines  from  top  to  bottom. 

The  cloth  to  be  used  in  the  uniforms  to  be  manufactured  by  the  Pioneer 
Woolen  Mills,  and  none  other .  Said  cloth  shall  be  made  with  white  labor, 
.and  shall  be  blue,  indigo-dyed,  manufactured  of  the  best  California  wool, 
fifty-four  inches  in  width,  and  the  cloth  to  be  used  for  coats  and  vests  shall 
weigh  not  less  than  twenty-seven  nor  more  than  thirty  ounces  per  yard.  The 
<;loth  to  be  used  in.  the  overcoats  and  pantaloons  shall  be  blue,  indigo-dyed, 
fifty-four  inches  in  width,  and  weigh  not  more  than  thirty  ounces  per  yard, 
and  in  quality,  texture  and  color  to  be  the  same  as  the  sample  in  the  hands 
of  the  Police  Commissioners,  and  to  be  furnished  and  supplied  by  said  Pioneer 


4  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF  THE 

Woolen  Mills,  at  their  depot,  in  said  city  and  county,  to  the  members  of  the 
Police  Department,  and  none  other,  on  the  order  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Police 
Commissioners. 

Badges  and  Stars— The  Captains  and  Ojfficers  of  Police  shall  wear  the 
badges  and  stars  now  respectively  worn  by  them. 

Hats — The  Captains  and  Officers  of  Police  shall  each  wear  a  black  hat, 
similar  in  shape  and  style  to  the  sample  hat  now  in  the  possession  of  the- 
Chief  of  Police. 

Buttons — Shall  be  the  regulation  police  buttons,  the  same  as  the  sample 
adopted  by  this  Board. 

Clubs — Shall  be  the  same  as  the  sample  club  now  kept  in  the  office  of  the 
Chief  of  Police. 

Uniforms — Each  member  of  the  Police  Force  is  required  to  procure  a  uni- 
form which  shall  in  all  respects  correspond  mutatis  mutandis  with  the  standard 
suit  now  in  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Police. 

Any  garment  not  made  according  to  the  standard  shall  be  rejected  by  the 
Chief. 

[False  Eepresentation  of   being  a  Police  Oflacer  or  Deputy  Sheriff,   Deputy  Coroner  or 
Member  of  the  Fire  Department,  and  Penalty.] 

Section  10.  No  person  shall  falsely  represent  himself  to  be  a  Police  Cap- 
tain or  Police  Officer,  Deputy  Sheriff,  Deputy  Coroner  or  Member  of  the 
Fire  Department,  or  shall  wear  any  Police,  Deputy  Sheriff,  Deputy  Coroner 
or  Fire  Department  badge,  with  intent  to  deceive,  or  shall  use  any  signs, 
badges  or  devices  used  by  the  Police  Department,  Sheriff's  or  Coroner's  office* 
or  by  the  Fire  Department,  with  intent  as  aforesaid. 

Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  nor  more  than  five  hun- 
dred dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not  less  than  twenty-five 
days  nor  more  than  three  months.  [As  amended  March  28th,  1883,  by  order 
No.  1712.] 

[Probibltion  againot  Police  Discharging  Persons  from  Custody.] 

Section  11.  Neither  the  Chief  of  Police,  nor  any  Captain  of  Police  or 
Police  Officer,  shall  discharge  any  person  arrested  from  custody,  except  by 
order  of  the  Police  Judge  or  other  competent  authority. 

[Duties  of  Police  Captains.] 

Section  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  Police  Captain  to  enter  in  a  book 
the  name  of  each  Police  Officer  under  his  charge;  to  note  with  exactitude  any^ 


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and  every  absence  from  duty  of  any  policeman ;  to  make  a  return  monthly  to 
the  Chief  of  Police  of  the  days  and  nights  which  each  man  has  been  on  duty, 
and  the  days  and  hours  he  may  have  been  absent,  and  to  report  to  the  Chief 
of  Police  any  neglect  of  duty  and  any  violation  of  the  rules  of  the  Depart- 
ment, on  the  part  of  any  Police  Oflficer. 

[Police  Officers  not  to  Solicit  Business  for  Attorneys.] 

Section  13.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  Captain  of  Police,  Police  Officer, 
Prison  Keeper,  Local  Police  Officer,  or  any  other  person  connected  with  the 
Police  Department,  to  solicit  from  any  person  legal  business,  or  the  defense 
or  prosecution  of,  or  for  any  case  pending  or  about  to  be  pending  in  any  court 
in  said  city  and  county,  for  any  person  practicing  law;  or  to  urge  or  recom- 
mend, or  suggest  to  any  person,  whether  in  legal  detention  or  not,  that  any 
particular  person  practicing  law  should  be  employed  for  the  defense  or  prose- 
cution of  such  person  or  any  other  person. 

XOfficers  must  enter  Name  and  Charge  at  once,  and  notify  Attorney  requested  by  Prisoner.] 

Section  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  Police  Officer,  or  person  con- 
nected with  the  Police  Department  making  the  arrest  of  any  person,  or  con- 
fining any  person  in  the  City  or  other  Prison,  to  enter  or  cause  to  be  entered 
the  name  of  such  person  in  the  Register  of  Arrests;  the  charge  upon  which 
such  person  has  been  arrested  or  is  detained,  and  the  place  and  time  of  such 
arrest,  together  with  the  name  of  the  officer  making  such  arrest  or  such 
detention,  which  book  shall  be  kept  in  the  main  prison,  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  such  officer  or  person  so  making  such  arrest  or  detention,  if  he  shall 
be  requested  so  to  do  by  the  person  so  arrested  or  detained,  to  notify  at  once 
any  attorney  at  law  designated  by  said  person,  and  having  an  office  in  said 
city  and  county,  that  said  person  so  detained  wants  to  see  him;  said  notifica- 
tion may  be  either  personal  or  by  notice  left  at  the  office  of  said  attorney. 
The  person  so  notified  shall  have  the  right,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
person  having  charge  of  the  place  of  such  detention,  to  permit  such  person 
to  confer  at  once  with  the  person  so  detained  and  who  has  desired  to  see  him. 

[Penalty.] 

Section  15.  Any  officer  or  person  mentioned  in  Section  13  of  this  Order, 
who  violates  anj^  of  the  x)ro visions  of  Sections  13  or  14  of  this  Order,  is 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by 
a  fine  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not  less  than  twenty-five  days  nor  more 
ihan  one  hundred  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


b  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF   THE 

[Suspension  of  Police  Oflacers  by  Chief.] 

Section  16.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  have  power  to  suspend  from  duty 
any  Police  Captain  or  Police  Officer  (regular  or  local)  who  may  be  charged 
by  a  Police  Captain  in  his  report,  or  by  a  citizen  in  a  verified  complaint,  with 
neglect  of  duty,  disobedience  of  orders,  inefficiency  or  official  misconduct. 

In  case  of  charges  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  Chief  of  Police  against  any 
Police  Captain  or  Police  Officer  (regular  or  local),  by  any  person,  which,  in 
his  judgment,  do  not  require  the  immediate  supension  of  the  person  charged, 
he  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  thereafter,  furnish  to  the  Board  of  Police 
Commissioners  a  copy  of  such  charges,  with  the  name  of  the  person  making 
the  same.  As  soon  thereafter  as  convenient,  they  shall  examine  into  the 
truth  of  said  charges,  if  in  their  judgment  the  circumstances  require  it,  and 
if,  on  investigation  and  trial  of  the  offender,  the  charges  be  sustained,  they 
shall  inflict  such  punishment  as  the  case  may  merit. 

[Suspension;  Charges  to  be  furnished  and  Copy  served  on  Accused.] 

Section  17.  In  case  of  the  suspension  of  a  Police  Captain  or  Police  Offi- 
cer, the  Chief  of  Police  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  such  suspen- 
sion, furnish  to  the  Police  Commissioners  written  charges  against  the 
Captain  or  Officer  suspended,  specifying  the  grounds  of  suspension,  and 
within  the  same  time  shall  cause  to  be  served  upon  the  accused  a  copy  of 
such  charges. 

[Trial  of  Charges  by  Police  Commissioners.] 

Section  18.  Within  one  week  after  the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners- 
shall  be  furnished*  by  the  Chief  of  Police  with  written  charges  against  any 
Police  Captain  or  Police  Officer,  the  Police  Commissioners  shall  fix  a  time 
for  the  trial  of  such  charges,  and  notify  the  accused  thereof,  which  time  shall 
not  be  less  than  two  days,  nor  more  than  two  weeks  thereafter.  At  the  time 
appointed,  the  Police  Commissioners  shall  meet  and  proceed  to  hear,  con- 
sider and  decide  upon  such  charges.  The  accused  shall  have  the  right  to 
defend  in  person  and  by. counsel.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Police 
Commissioners  shall  have  power  to  issue  subpoenas,  to  compel  the  attend- 
ance of  witnesses,  to  administer  oaths,  and,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the 
other  Police  Commissioners,  to  punish  for  contempt. 

[Rendition  of  Decision  upon  Charges.] 

Section  19.  Within  ten  days  after  the  conclusion  of  the  hearing  provided 
for  in  Section  18,  the  Police  Commissioners  shall  render  their  decision  upon 
the  charges  made :  •  ^ 


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If  the  accused  be  found  not  guilty  of  any  offense  or  misconduct,  or  any 
inefficiency  specified  in  the  charges,  he  shall  be  reinstated; 

If  guilty,  he  may  be  suspended  or  removed  from  office,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  said  Commissioners;  . 

If  he  be  reinstated  by  the  Commissioners,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  his  pay 
the  same  as  if  he  had  not  been  suspended; 

If  he  be  suspended,  he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  pay  during  the  time  his 
suspension  shall  continue; 

If  he  be  removed  from  office,  his  pay  shall  cease  from  the  time  of  his  sus- 
pension. 

[Police  Commissioners  may  Appoint  and  Regulate  Local  Policemen.] 

Section  20.  In  addition  to  the  Kegular  Police  Officers  allowed  by  law,  the 
Board  of  Police  Commissioners  are  authorized  and  empowered  to  appoint 
Local  Policemen,  upon  the  petition  of  citizens  and  property  owners  who  may 
desire  their  services,  whenever  in  the  judgment  of  said  Commissioners  the 
necessities  of  said  city  and  county  require  such  appointments  to  be  made, 
and  to  make  and  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for  their  government,  pro- 
vided they  shall  receive  no  pay  from  said  city  and  county. 

[Police  Ofllcers  to  be  Detailed  to  Attend  at  Public  Thoroughfares.] 

Section  21.  First. — It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Chief  of  Police  to  select 
from  the  Police  Force,  and  designate  and  appoint  a  sufficient  number  of  Police 
Officers  to  attend  on  public  thoroughfares  of  said  city  and  county,  and  con- 
trol the  movement  and  order  the  stoppage  of  vehicles  and  animals  on  said 
thoroughfares,  in  order  that  pedestrians  who  may  be  passing  or  repassing, 
crossing  or  recrossing  said  public  thoroughfares,  may  pass  and  repass,  cross 
and  recross  the  same  with  safety. 

[Police    Officers    to    Control   the  Movement    of   Vehicles    and    Animals     over  Public 

Thoroughfares.) 

Second — It  shall  be  lawful  for  every  such  Police  Officer  as  shall  be  selected, 
designated  and  appointed  by  the  Chief  of  Police,  as  aforesaid,  to  attend  on 
the  public  thoroughfares  of  said  city  and  county,  and  to  control  the  move  - 
ment  and  order  the  stoppage  of  vehicles  and  animals  on  sach  thoroughfare, 
to  the  end  that  pedestrians  may  pass  and  repass,  cross  and  recross  said 
thoroughfares  with  safety. 

[Persons  having  Control  of  Vehicles  or  Animals  to  obey  Orders  of  Police  Officers  in  Public 

Thoroughfares.] 

Third— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  driving,  using,  having  the  con- 
trol of  any  vehicle  or  animal  on  the  public  thoroughfares  of  said  city  and 


8  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

county,  to  obey  the  order  of  any  such  designated  Police  Officer,  in  regard  to 
moving  or  stoj^ping  any  such  vehicle  or  animal  on  such  thoroughfare;  and 
any  person  driving,  using  or  having  the  control  of  any  vehicle  or  animal 
on  the  public  thoroughfares  of  said  city  and  county,  who  shall  refuse  or  neg- 
lect to  obey  any  order  given  by  such  designated  officer  in  regard  to  moving  or 
stopping  any  vehicle  or  animal  under  his  control,  shall  be  demed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  be  punished  accordingly. 

[Prohibiting  the  Carrying  of  Concealed  Deadly  Weapons.] 

Section  22.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  not  being  a  public  officer 
or  traveller,  or  not  having  a  permit  from  the  Police  Commissioners  of  this 
city  and  county,  to  wear  or  carry  concealed,  in  this  city  and  county,  any  pis- 
tol, dirk  or  other  dangerous  or  deadly  weapon. 

Every  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  punished  accordingly.  Such  persons  and  no 
others  shall  be  termed  "  travelers,"  within  the  meaning  of  this  Order,  as  may 
be  actually  engaged  in  making  a  journey  at  the  time. 

The  Police  Commissioners  may  grant  written  permission  to  any  peaceable 
person,  whose  profession  or  occupation  may  require  him  to  be  out  at  late  hours 
of  the  night,  to  carry  concealed  deadly  weapons  for  his  own  protection. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  September  13,  1880. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  "Whitney,  Eastman,  Eraser, 
Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey. 

Absent — Supervisors  Drake,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  KUSSELL,  Clerk. 

Approved,  San  Francisco,  September  17,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OEDEE  No.   1,599. 


BELATING  TO  THE  CAEE  OF  PUBLIC  PROPEETY. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Charge  of  Public  Property— Duty  of  Superintendent  of  Streets.] 

Section  1.     The  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares 
shall  have  the  charge  and  supervision,  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor  and 


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Board  of  SuiDervisors,  of  all  public  buildings,  streets,  highways,  bridges, 
parks,  squares,  lots  and  grounds;  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  protect  the 
same  against  all  intrusion,  trespass  and  injury,  and  to  make  all  necessary 
repairs  and  improvements  thereon  not  otherwise  provided  by  law  or  by 
order  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

[Employment  of  Prison  Laborers,  and  how  obtained— Escaping,  etc.] 

Section  2.  All  persons  confined  in  the  City  Prison,  County  Jail,  or 
House  of  Correction,  under  a  judgment  of  imprisonment  rendered  in  a  crim- 
inal action  or  proceeding,  shall  be,  and  are  hereby,  required  to  perform 
labor  on  the  public  works  or  ways  in  this  city  and  county . 

The  Chief  of  Police  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed,  whenever  and  as 
often  as  he  shall  deem  necessary,  to  make  requisition  on  the  Sheriff,  or  the 
Superintendent  of  the  House  of  Correction,  for  the  services  of  persons  who 
may  be  in  the  County  Jail  or  House  of  Correction,  under  sentence  of  im- 
prisonment, to  perform  such  labor  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  necessary  in 
the  City  Prison,  including  the  cooking  of  the  food  for  the  prisoners  therein 
confined  and  the  daily  cleaning  of  said  prison;  and  said  Sheriff  and  Super- 
intendent of  the  House  of  Correction  shall  furnish  as  many  of  said  persons, 
under  sentences  of  imprisonment,  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  required  by 
said  Chief  of  Police. 

The  Sherifi^,  or  Superintendent  of  the  House  of  Correction,  shall  furnish 
as  many  of  said  prisoners,  under  sentence  of  imprisonment,  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  required  by  the  Mayor,  under  a  written  order  to  perform  the 
labor  or  work  to  be  designated  in  said  order;  and  said  Sherifif,  and  Superin- 
tendent of  the  House  of  Correction,  shall  furnish  a  sufficient  number  of 
guards  for  the  safe-keeping  of  said  prisoners,  to  enforce  the  performance  of 
the  duties  and  work  assigned  to  and  required  of  the  said  prisoners,  and  pre- 
vent them  from  escapinf^  while  at  work,  and  while  going  from  and  returning 
to  their  place  of  confinement.  All  prisoners  employed  on  the  public  works 
and  ways  shall  be  kept  at  work  from  the  first  of  October  to  the  first  of  April, 
in  each  year,  nine  hours  each  day,  and  from  the  first  of  April  to  the  first  of 
October,  in  each  year,  at  least  ten  hours  each  day.  Any  prisoner  employed 
outside  of  the  City  Prison  and  County  Jail  on  any  public  work,  who  escapes 
while  so  employed,  or  while  going  to  or  returning  from  said  public  work,  is 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

[Walking  upon  or  Injuring  Grass,  Trees,  etc.,  in  Public  Park  or  Plaza,  and  Penalty.] 

Section  3.  No  person  shall  walk  or  step  upon  any  grass  plat,  or  injure 
or  remove  or  destroy  any  grass,  flowers,  trees  or  shrubbery,  or  lie  or  sleep 
upon  any  chair,  bench  or  seat  in  any  improved  public  park  or  plaza.  Any 
person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty 


10  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

of  a  misdemeanor;  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail 
not  more  than  three  months. 

[Permitting  Dog  to  enter  Park,  and  Penalty.] 

Section  4.  No  person  owning  or  having  the  care  or  control  of  any  dog: 
shall  suffer  or  permit  such  dog  to  enter  any  improved  public  park  or  plaza. 
Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor;  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  twenty  dollars.  And  any  policeman 
may  kill  a  dog  found  within  the  inclosure  of  any  such  public  park  or  plaza,, 
or  such  dog  may  be  impounded. 

[Public  Squares,  when  Open.] 

Section  5.  Portsmouth,  Washington,  Union  and  Columbia  Squares  shall 
be  opened  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning  and  closed  at  sunset  every  day. 

[Placing  Fence  on  Public  Property,  and  Penalty.] 

•  Section  6.  No  person  shall  build,  put  or  keep  any  fence  of  any  descriptibnt 
upon  or  around,  in  whole  or  in  part,  any  public  square,  park,  place,  ground 
or  any  other  public  property,  or  put,  place,  erect,  have  or  keep  on  any  such 
public  square,  park,  place,  ground  or  other  public  property  any  building, 
erection  or  obstruction,  article  or  thing  whatsoever,  without  the  previous  con- 
sent of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor;  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not  less  than  twenty  days 
nor  more  than  three  months. 

Every  day  such  fence,  building  or  obstruction  is  maintained  or  suffered  to 
remain  thereon,  after  notice  has  been  received  from  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares  to  remove  the  same,  shall  constitute  a. 
new  offense  and  be  punished  accordingly. 

[Nuisances,  etc.,  upon  Streets,  etc.    Proviso— Chief  of  Police  to  Enforce  Provisions.] 

Section  7.  No  occupant  of  any  premises  within  the  City  and  County  shall 
place,  maintain  or  continue,  or  permit  to  be  placed,  maintained  or  continued 
upon  the  roadway  or  sidewalk  of  the  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court  in  front 
of  such  premises,  any  hay,  grain,  coal,  or  any  rubbish,  dirt,  garbage,  or  any 
nuisance,  for  any  period  of  time  whatever. 


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Nor  permit  any  team  or  vehicle  to  be  driven  or  backed  upon  the  sidewalk 
in  front  of  such  premises,  unless  the  same  shall  be  so  backed  or  driven  inta 
said  premises  over  a  regularly  constructed  entrance  way  provided  f5r  that 
purpose,  to  the  satisfaction  and  under  the  supervision  of  the  Superintendent 
of  Streets; provided,  this  section  shall  not  be  deemed  to  apply  to  goods,  wares- 
or  merchandise  in  actual  course  of  receipt,  delivery  or  removal  on  streets  lying 
east  of  the  east  line  of  Kearny  street,  including  that  portion  of  Market  street 
lying  east  of  Kearny  street;  also  on  streets  lying  east  of  the  west  line  of 
Second  street;  but  in  such  portion  of  the  City  and  County  herein  described 
where  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  are  placed  upon  the  sidewalk,  they  shall 
be  so  placed  as  to  afford  foot  passengers  free  and  unobstructed  passage  over  at 
least  one-half  of  the  official  width  of  the  sidewalk. 

Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall 
upon  conviction  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars,  or  by  im- 
prisonment not  more  than  one  month  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of 
this  Section,  and  to  cause  the  arrest  of  all  persons  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions thereof.     [As  amended  December  11th,  1883,  by  Order  1749.] 

[Providing  Punishment  for  Prisoners  who  Kef  use  to  Labor  on  the  Public  Works.] 

Section  8.  Any  person  undergoing  or  serving  out  a  term  of  imprisonment 
in  the  County  Jail  of  this  city  and  county,  under  a  judgment  of  imprison- 
ment rendered  in  a  criminal  action  or  proceeding,  who  refuses  to  labor,  or 
does  not  labor  on  the  public  works  or  ways,  when  so  required,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

The  Sheriff  is  hereby  empowered  and  required  to  feed  any  refractory  pris- 
oner or  prisoners  on  a  diet  of  bread  and  water  during  the  time  that  such  pris- 
oner or  prisoners  refuse  to  labor,  or  does  not  labor  on  said  public  works 
when  required,  or  otherwise  violate  the  discipline  of  the  jail,  and  to  inflict 
upon  such  prisoner  or  prisoners  such  other  and  additional  punishment  by 
solitary  confinement  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  and  proper  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  Committee  on  Health  and  Police,  during  the  time  that  such 
prisoner  or  prisoners  remain  refractory. 

Each  and  every  male  prisoner  incarcerated  or  imprisoned  in  the  County 
Jail  of  this  city  and  county,  under  and  pursuant  to  a  judgment  or  conviction 
had  by  any  court  having  jurisdiction  of  criminal  cases  in  this  city  and  county^ 
shall,  immediately  upon  their  arrival  at  said  County  Jail,  under  and  pursu- 
ant to  a  judgment  or  sentence  as  aforesaid,  have  the  hair  of  their  head  cut 
or  clipped  to  a  uniform  length  of  one  inch  from  the  scalp  thereof .  It  shall 
be  and  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Sheriff  to  have  enforced  the  provisions 
of  this  Order.     [Section]. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  September  13,  1880. 


12  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
tip  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes— Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  Whitney,  Eastman,  Fraser, 
Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey. 

Absent— Supervisors  Drake,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  September  17,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-ojBdcio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OEDER  NO.  1,587. 


2»B0HIBITING  OFFENSIVE    TRADES,    OCCUPATIONS    AND    NUISANCES,    AND    DEFINING 

MISDEMEANOBS. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows : 

[Penalty.] 

Section  1.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding 
one  thousand  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  by  both 
«uch  fine  and  imprisonment. 

[Slaughter  Houses,  Hog  Ranches,  Tallow  Factories,  etc.    Still  Slops  and  Unwholesome 

Milk,  etc.] 

Section  2.     No  person  shall: 

Establish  or  maintain  any  slaughter  house ; 

Slaughter  cattle,  ho^s,  calves,  sheep,  or  any  other  kind  of  animals; 

Pursue,  maintain  or  carry  on  any  other  business  or  occupation  offensive  to 
^he  senses,  or  prejudicial  to  the  public  health  or  comfort; 

Within  the  limits  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  except  \\ithin 
that  tract  of  land  described  as  follows:  Commencing  at  the  intersection  of 
the  easterly  line  of  Kentucky  street  with  the  southwesterly  liue  of  First 
.avenue;  thence  southeasterly  along  the  southwesterly  line  of  First  avenue 
to  the  northwesterly  line  of  I  street;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  north- 
westerly line  of  I  street  to  the  southwesterly  line  of  Seventh  avenue;  thence 
northwesterly  along  the  southwesterly  line  of  Seventh  avenue  to  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Railroad  avenue;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  southeasterly 


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line  of  Kailroad  avenue  to  Kentucky  street;  thence  northerly  along  the 
easterly  line  of  Kentucky  street  to  the  southwesterly  line  of  First  avenue  and 
place  of  commencement. 

Within  the  tract  of  land  last  aforesaid  no  person  shall  keep  any  number  of 
hogs  or  other  animals  in  such  a  manner  as  to  be  offensive  to  the  senses  or 
prejudicial  to  the  public  health  or  comfort. 

No  person  shall : 

Render  tallow; 

Within  the  limits  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  except  within 
the  tract  of  land  bounded  and  described  as  follows:  Commencing  at  the 
intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Kentucky  street  and  the  southwesterly 
line  of  First  avenue,  thence  southeasterly  along  the  line  of  First  avenue 
to  I  street;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  northwesterly  line  of  I  street  to 
the  bay  shore;  thence  westerly  along  the  line  of  the  bay  shore  to  the 
southeasterly  line  of  Eailroad  avenue;  thence  northeasterly  along  the 
southeasterly  line  of  Eailroad  avenue  to  Kentucky  street;  thence  northerly 
along  the  easterly  line  of  Kentucky  street  to  First  avenue  and  place  of  com- 
mencement. 

No  person  shall: 

Peed,  or  cause  to  be  fed,  to  any  milch  cow  any  still  slops  or  other  food 
calculated  to  render  the  milk  of  such  cow  unwholesome,  or  unsuitable  for  human 
food; 

Sell,  deliver,  supply  or  furnish  to  any  person  any  milk  from  any  cow  fed 
in  whole  or  in  part  upon  still  slops,  or  other  food  calculated  to  render  the 
milk  of  such  cow  unwholesome  and  unsuitable  for  human  food; 

Sell,  deliver  or  supply  to  any  person  any  milk  from  any  sick  or  diseased 
cow.     (As  amended  January  3,  1883,  by  Order  No.  1706.) 

[To  Prohibit  the  Maintenance  of  Hospitals  within  certain  limits.] 

Section  3.  No  person  or  association  shall  keep,  erect  or  maintain  any  hos- 
pital within  that  portion  of  the  City  and  County  bounded  by  a  line  commenc- 
ing at  the  intersection  of  Lewis  and  Laguna  streets;  thence  along  the  easterly 
line  of  Laguna  street  to  Market  street;  thence  along  the  line  of  Market  street 
to  Guerrero  street;  thence  along  the  easterly  line  of  Guerrero  street  ta 
Twenty-sixth  street;  thence  along  the  northerly  line  of  Twenty-sixth  street  to 
Potrero  avenue;  thence  along  the  westerly  line  of  Potrero  avenue  to  Channel 
street;  thence  along  the  line  of  Channel  street  to  the  water  front;  thence 
along  the  water  front  to  Laguna  street,  the  point  of  beginning. 

This  Sestion  shall  not  prohibit  the  maintenance  of  hospitals  established  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  January,  1874,  or  physicians  from  maintaining 
rooms  for  the  accommodation  and  treatment  of  their  private  patients. 


14  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

[Privy-vaults,  Drains,  etc.,  to  be  Connected  with  Street  Seweis,  and  Traps  Constructed.] 

Section  4.  No  person  shall  construct  or  maintain,  or  suffer  to  be  or  remain 
upon  his  or  her  premises,  or  premises  under  his  or  her  control,  any  privy,  or 
privy  vault,  cesspool,  sink  or  drain,  without  connecting  the  same  by  means 
of  cement,  iron-stone  or  iron-pipe,  with  the  street  sewer,  in  such  a  manner 
that  it  shall  be  effectually  drained  and  purified,  if  there  be  a  sewer  in  the 
street  on  which  said  premises  may  be  situated  with  which  the  same  can  be 
connected.  Every  drain  or  branch  sewer  hereafter  constructed  which  shall 
connect  with  a  dwelling-house  or  building,  or  with  any  privy,  privy  vault  or 
cesspool,  shall  be  constructed  of  cement,  iron-stone  or  iron,  and  be  provided 
with  some  apparatus  or  means  by  which  such  drain  or  branch  sewer  may  be 
effectually  flushed  and  cleansed;  and  shall  also  be  provided  with  a  trap  or  ap- 
paratus which  will  effectually  prevent  the  escape  of  gases  from  the  sewer  into 
such  dwelling-house,  building,  privy,  privy  vault  or  cesspool,  which  trap  or 
apparatus  shall,  in  all  cases,  when  practicable,  be  placed  under  the  sidewalk 
and  be  so  constructed  and  placed  that  it  can  be  readily  and  conveniently  ex- 
amined and  inspected.     (As  amended  March  30,  1882,  by  Order  No.  1666.) 

[Privy- vaults,  Construction  of.] 

Section  5.  No  person  shall  construct,  without  the  consent  in  writing  of 
the  Health  Officer,  any  privy-vault  on  premises  belonging  to  him  or  under 
his  control,  unless  the  walls  and  bottom  of  such  vault  be  of  stone  or  brick, 
laid  in  cement,  and  at  least  eight  inches  in  thickness. 

[Privies,  etc.,  when  Foul  or  Offensive,  a  Nuisance.] 

Section  6.  No  person  shall  suffer  or  permit  any  premises  belonging  to  or 
occupied  by  him,  or  any  cellar,  yault,  privy,  pool,  sewer  or  private  drain 
thereon  or  therein,  to  become  nauseous,  foul  or  offensive,  and  prejudicial  to 
public  health  or  public  comfort . 

[Night  Carts— Use,  etc.— Leaky  or  Uncovered  Swill  Carts,  etc.] 

Section  7.— No  person  shall  remove,  transfer  or  transport  any  part  of  the 
contents  of  any  privy,  vault,  well,  sink  or  cesspool  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  through  any  of  the  streets,  avenues  or 
public  places  of  said  City  and  County,  except  the  same  be  removed  and 
transported  by  means  of  an  air-tight  apparatus,  or  in  such  a  manner  as  shall 
prevent  the  contents  of  said  privy,  vault,  sink,  well  or  cesspool  from  being 
agitated  or  exposed  in  the  open  air  during  said  process  of  removal  or  trans- 
portation. No  person  shall  remove  the  contents  of  any  privy,  vault,  well, 
sink  or  cesspool  until  a  permit  shall  have  first  been  obtained  from  the  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Streets.     Such  permit  shall  be  carried  by  the  persons 


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doing  such  work,  and  a  copy  thereof  by  each  person  using  any  vehicle  in  the 
performance  of  such  work,  and  such  permit  or  copy  thereof  shall  be  exhib- 
ited on  demand  of  any  police  officer.  Nor  use  any  cart  for  the  conveyance 
or  removal  of  swill,  garbage  or  filth,  at  any  time,  unless  the  same  be  per- 
fectly staunch,  tight  and  closely  covered  with  a  wooden  cover,  so  as  to  wholly 
prevent  leakage  or  smell.  Nor  use  any  cart  for  the  conveyance  or  removal 
of  manure  or  rubbish  unless  the  same  is  so  constructed  and  has  a  canvas 
cover  securely  fastened  over  the  top  of  said  cart,  to  prevent  the  deposit  of 
such  manure  or  rubbish,  in  whole  or  in  part,  in  or  upon  the  streets  through 
vs^hich  said  cart  may  be  driven.  (As  amended  January  6,  1883,  by  Order 
1708.) 

\ 

[Providing  for  the  Contents  of  Privies,  Vaults  and  Cesspools,  etc.,  being  deposited  in 
Lighters  and  dumped  in  the  Bay.] 

Section  8,  No  person,  company  or  corporation  shall  deposit  or  dump,  or 
cause  to  bo  deposited  or  dumped,  the  contents  of  any  privy,  vault  or  cess- 
pool, or  animal  matter,  or  other  like  matter,  upon  any  lands  within  the  limits 
of  this  city  and  county,  or  dump  or  deposit  the  same  from  any  wharf  or  bulk- 
head on  the  water  front  of  this  city  and  county,  except  the  same  be  dumped 
or  deposited  in  a  lighter,  barge  or  vessel  so  constructed  as  to  prevent  the 
escape  of  noxious  gases  or  odors,  detrimental  to  the  public  health  or  comfort. 
No  such  lighter,  barge  or  vessel  shall  remain  within  two  hundred  (200) 
yards  of  any  wharf  or  bulkhead  for  a  longer  period  than  forty-eight  (48) 
hours  before  their  contents  are  removed  and  deposited  in  the  channel  of  the 
Bay  of  San  Francisco,  at  least  two  thousand  (2,000)  yards  from  shore. 


[Night  Carts  under  Control  of  Superintendent.] 

Skcjtion  0.  All  "night  carts"  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares;  and  the  said  Superin- 
tendent may,  for  good  cause,  revoke  any  permit  granted  by  him. 


[Prohibiting  the  Carrying  of  Business  Signs,  etc.,  or  Posting  or  Painting  Advertisements 
without  the  Consent  of  the  Owner  of  Premises,  Defacing  Bills,  etc.] 

Section  10.     No  person  shall: 

1.  Upon  any  sidewalk,  carry,  bear  or  support  any  banner,  sign,  transpar- 
ency, framework,  device  or  emblem,  intended,  or  tending  or  purporting  to  be 
used  as  an  advertisement  or  publication  of  any  trade,  profession  or  business, 
place  of  business,  office,  store  or  occupation;  or 

2.  Cause  or  permit  to  be  carried,  hauled  or  drawn  on  any  dray,  wagon  or 
other  vehicle,  on  any  public  street  of  this  city  and  county,  any  banner,  trans- 


16  GENERAX.   ORDERS   OF   THE 

parency  or  framework,  intended,  or  tending  or  purporting  to  be  used  as  an 
advertisement  or  publication  of  any  amusement  or  exhibition,  place  of 
amusement  or  exhibition;  or 

3.  On  any  dray,  wagon  or  vehicle  upon  the  public  streets,  play  or  partici- 
pate in  any  exhibition  or  performance,  or  beat  upon  a  gong  or  gongs,  or 
play  upon  any  musical  instrument,  or  make  any  noise  having  a  tendency  to 
frighten  torses  upon  the  public  streets. 

4.  Post,  stick,  stamp,  paint  or  otherwise  affix,  or  cause  to  be  posted, 
stuck,  stamped,  painted  or  otherwise  affixed,  any  bill,  poster,  notice  or  adver- 
tisement, to  or  upon  any  house  or  part  thereof,  wall,  fence,  gate-post,  side- 
walk, trees  or  boxes  around  trees,  in  any  part  of  the  city  and  county,  without 
first  obtaining  permission  in  writing  of  the  owner,  agent  or  occupant  of  the 
premises  so  to  do. 

Any  person  or  firm  whose  posters,  notices  or  advertisements  are  stamped, 
painted  or  affixed  to  or  upon  any  house,  wall,  fence,  gate,  sidewalk,  trees  or 
boxes  around  trees,  in  this  city  and  county,  shall,  upon  the  request  of  the 
owner,  agent  or  occupant  of  the  premises  where  such  poster,  notice  or 
advertisement  may  be  stamped,  painted  or  affixed,  remove  or  cause  to  be 
removed  the  same,  within  five  days  from  such  notice. 

No  person  shall  obliterate,  deface,  remove  or  destroy  a  notice,  advertise*- 
ment  or  bill,  lawfully  posted  by  a  licensed  bill-paster,  within  a  period  of  ten 
days  after  the  same  shall  have  been  pasted; 

Provided,  that  the  date  of  said  posting  shall  be  intelligibly  written,  stamped^ 
printed  or  painted  on  said  notice,  bill  or  advertisement. 


[To  Prohibit  the  Haialing  of  Loads  exceeding  ten  thousand  pounds  in  weight,  and  to 
Regulate  the  Width  of  the  Tires  of  certain  Vehicles.] 

Section  11.  No  person  shall  cause  or  permit  to  be  carried,  hauled,  or 
drawn  on  any  truck,  dray,  or  other  vehicle  belonging  to  him,  or  in  his  charge, 
or  under  his  control,  any  load  exceeding  ten  thousand  pounds  in  weight; 
provided,  the  hauling  or  moving  of  a  single  article  weighing  more  than  ten 
thousand  pounds,  which  cannot  be  divided  or  reduced  in  weight,  shall  not  be 
prohibited  by  this  section: 

No  person  shall  cause  or  permit  to  be  carried,  hauled  or  drawn  on  any 
truck,  dray,  or  other  vehicle  belonging  to  him,  or  in  his  charge,  or  under 
his  control,  any  load  exceeding  four  thousand  pounds  in  weight,  unless  the 
tirea  to  the  wheels  of  such  truck,  dray  or  other  vehicle  shall  be  at  least  four 
inches  in  width,  when  a  load  exceeding  four  thousand  pounds,  and  not  ex- 
ceeding seven  thousand  pounds,  is  carried;  and  at  least  five  (5)  inches  in 
width,  when  a  load  exceeding  seven  thousand  pounds,  and  not  exceeding  ten 
thousand  pounds,  is  carried. 


BOAKD   OF   SUPERYISOES.  17 

fWashlng  Animals  and  Vehicles,  and  repairing  Vehicles  on  Streets  -within  certain  limits 

prohibited.] 

Section  12.  No  person  shall  wash,  or  cause  to  be  washed,  any  horse, 
mule,  or  other  animal,  or  any  carriage  or  any  other  vehicle  in  any  public 
street  in  this  city  and  county,  east  of  the  line  of  Van  Ness  avenue  to  Market 
street;  thence  along  the  southwesterly  line  of  Market  street  to  Ninth  street; 
thence  along  the  northeasterly  line  of  Ninth  street  to  the  Bay,  between  the 
hours  of  eighf  o'clock  a.  m.  and  ten  o'clock  p.  m. 

No  person  shall  construct  or  repair  any  wheeled  vehicle,  or  the  wheels  or 
tires  of  any  vehicle,  upon  a  public  street  within  the  limits  mentioned  in  this 
section. 

[Standing  of  Vehicles  on  Public  Streets,  Lanes,  etc.] 

Section  13.  No  person  owning,  driving,  or  having  control  of  any  wheeled 
vehicle,  excepting  hand-carts,  shall  allow  the  same  to  stand  or  remain,  while 
unharnessed,  for  more  than  one  hour,  at  any  time  between  the  hours  of  day- 
light in  the  morning  and  sunset,  on  any  sidewalk  or  public  ground,  or  in  any 
public  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court,  within  the  limits  mentioned  in  sec- 
tion twelve  of  this  chapter. 

[Horses  afflicted  with  Glanders.] 

Section  14.  First — Any  person  who  shall  keep  or  have  in  his  possession, 
within  this  city  and  county,  any  horse  afflicted  with  the  disease  known  as  the 
glanders,  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  having  knowledge  or  being 
notified  thereof  by  any  person,  kill  and  bury  the  same,  or  remove  it  without 
the  limits  of  this  city  and  county. 

[Prohibiting  the  Sale  or  Use  of  Animals  having  Glanders  or  any  Infectious  Disease.] 

Second — Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  sell,  or  cflfer  for  sale,  or  use,  or 
expose,  or  who  shall  cause,  or  procure  to  be  sold,  or  offered  for  sale,  or  used, 
or  to  be  exposed,  any  horse,  or  other  animal,  having  the  disease  known  as 
glanders,  or  farcy,  or  any  other  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  by  such  per- 
son known  to  be  dangerous  to  human  life,  or  which  shall  be  diseased  past 
recovery,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

[Animals  having  Glanders  or  Farcy  to  be  deprived  of  Life.] 

Third — Every  animal  having  glanders  or  farcy  shall  at  once  be  deprived  of 
life  by  the  owner,  or  person  having  charge  thereof,  upon  discovery  or  knowl- 
edge of  its  condition;  and  any  such  owner  or  person  omitting  or  refusing  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemf  anor. 


18  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

(Horses,  etc.,  must  be  fastened,  and  Wheels  locked  -  Fastening  to  Lamp  Post,  Hydrants  and 
Trees  forbidden —Trucks,  Drays  and  Carts  must  have  Lock-chains.] 

Skction  15.     No  person  having  or  using  any  animal: 

Shall  leave  the  same  without  securely  fastening  the  same,  except  it  be 
attached  to  a  dray,  truck  or  water  cart ;  or,  if  attached  to  a  dray,  truck  or 
water  cart,  shall  leave  such  animal  without  first  securely  locking  the  wheels 
of  the  vehicle  to  which  it  is  attached. 

No  person  shall:  • 

Hitch  or  fasten  any  animal  to,  or  paste  any  placard  or  notice  npon,  or 
otherwise  destroy  or  injure  any  lamp-post,  hydrant,  or  any  growing  or  living 
tree,  or  any  box  or  case  around  such  tree; 

Drive  or  use  any  truck,  dray,  cart,  or  water-cart,  without  having  attached 
to  the  body  thereof  a  suitable  chain  for  locking  the  wheels  thereof. 

Auy  animal  hitched  or  fastened,  or  left  unfastened,  in  violation  of  this  sec- 
tion may  be  impounded. 

{Injuring  Public  Lamp  Posts  or  Street  Guides— Extinguishing  Lights— Vehicles  or  Beasts  of 
Burden  on  Sidewalks  or  Street  Crossings;  and  Prohibiting  Street  Cars  from  Obstruct- 
ing Street  Crossings — or  Ring  Bells  or  Gongs  when  not  in  Motion.] 

Section  16.     No  person  shall: 

Break  or  injure  any  public  lamp-post;  extinguish  during  the  night  any 
public  light,  or  any  light  maintained  at  any  place  for  public  convenience  or 
safety,  or  in  compliance  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  law  or  the  orders  of 
the  Board  of  Supervisors,  except  he  be  authorized  so  to  do,  remove,  or  cause 
the  removal  of  any  street  guide,  or  any  portion  thereof,  from  any  public  lamp- 
post; obliterate,  deface,  destroy  or  interftre  with  any  street  guide,  or  any 
portion  thereof,  upon  or  attached  to  any  public  lamp-post. 

Drive,  wheel  or  draw  upon  any  public  sidewalk  any  vehicle,  except  hand- 
carriages  for  children. 

No  person  having  the  charge  or  control  of  any  beast  of  burden  shall  cause 
or  permit  the  same  to  stand  or  go  upon  any  public  sidewalk  or  to  stand 
upon  any  street  crossing,  or  upon  the  crosswalks  thereof,  or  so  near  a  street 
crossing  or  the  crosswalks  thereof  as  to  obstruct  the  same;  nor  shall  any 
driver,  engineer  or  conductor  of  any  street  car  permit  such  car  to  stop  or  re- 
main upon  any  street  crossing  or  upon  the  crosswalks  thereof  so  as  in  any 
manner  to  obstruct  the  travel  over  such  crossing  or  crosswalks;  provided, 
however,  that  the  foregoing  provision  shall  not  apply  to  cable  lines,  where 
the  grade  of  the  street  is  such  that  the  car  cannot  be  stopped  beyond  a  cross- 
ing on  account  of  the  incline  of  the  street. 

No  bell  or  gong  of  any  street  car  shall  be  rung  or  sounded  when  such  car 
is  not  in  motion,  except  for  the  purpose  of  giving  the  usual  signal  for  start- 
ing, nor  shall  such  starting  siguai  be  sounded  unless  for  the  purpose  of  actu- 
ally starting  said  car  in  motion.     (As  amended  May  7,  1883,  by  Order  1716.) 


BOAED   OF   SUPERVISORS.  19 

Concerning  the  Fire  Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph— Persons  Moving  Houses  Must  Notify  the 

Superintendent. 

Section  17.  No  person  shall  put  or  place,  maintain  or  suffer  to  be  or  re- 
main, any  article,  thing  or  matter  on  or  upon  the  sidewalk,  so  as  to  obstruct 
or  interfere  with  the  free  access  or  approach  to  any  signal  box  of  the  Fire 
Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph. 

Any  person  moving  or  intending  to  move  any  house  or  building  in,  on  and 
through  any  street  or  streets,  shall  give  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  Fire 
Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph,  before  commencing  to  move  said  house  or 
building,  a  written  notice  of  the  street  or  streets,  route  and  blocks  through 
in  and  on,  which  the  building  or  house  is  to  be  moved. 

Such  route  may  be  changed  with  the  consent  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Streets,  by  the  Superintendent  of  the  Fire  Alarm  and  Police  Tele- 
graph, in  case  the  safety  of  the  city  require  it.  Said  Superintendent  of  said 
Fire  Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph  shall  give  the  person  moving,  written  notice 
■oi  such  change  of  route. 

Whenever  said  Superintendent  shall  receive  notice  of  the  removal  of  any 
house  or  building,  as  aforesaid,  or  notice  from  any  person  that  it  will  be 
necessary  for  any  purpose  to  remove,  interfere  with  or  disturb  any  portion  of 
said  Fire  Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph,  so  that  alarms  of  fire  cannot  be 
promptly  given,  he  shall  forthwith  notify  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire 
Department  of  the  fact,  or  leave  notice  thereof  at  his  office. 


[Permit  Not  to  be  Given  Unless  a  Deposit  of  Money  is  Made  with  the  Superintendent  to 
Cover  Expense  of  Fixing  and  Repairing  Telegraph.] 

The  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets  and  Highways  and  the  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  oil  Fire  Department,  shall  not  give  permission  for  the  moving 
or  removal  of  any  house  or  building,  unless  security  in  coin,  not  exceeding 
twenty-five  dollars,  is  first  given  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  Fire  Alarm 
and  Police  Telegraph  to  defray  all  expenses  of  said  Superintendent  in  taking 
charge  of,  taking  down,  removing,  fixing  and  repairing  said  telegraph,  or  any 
portion  thereof,  or  any  damage  thereto,  in  consequence  of  the  moving  or 
removal  of  the  house  or  building. 


[Injury  to  Fire  Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph,  Fitting  Key  to  Lock  of  Signal  Box,  False 

^    Alarms,  etc.] 

No  person  shall : 

Break,  remove  or  injure  any  of  the  parts  or  appurtenances  of  the  Fire 
Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph  without  authority  or  permission  from  the  Super- 
intendent thereof; 

Make  or  fit  any  key  to  the  lock  of  any  signal  box  of  the  Fire  Alarm  and 
Police  Telegraph ; 


20  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

Have  or  retain  in  his  possession,  or  under  his  control,  a  key  belonging  to- 
or  fitted  to  open  the  lock  of  any  such  signal  box,  without  lawful  authority  sa 
to  do; 

Pick  or  force  the  lock  of  any  such  signal  box  without  the  authority  or  con- 
sent of  the  Superintendent  of  said  telegraph; 

Willfully  make,  or  cause  to  be  made,  any  false  alarm  of  fire,  by  means  of 
said  telegraph  or  otherwise. 

[Notice  of  Removal  of  any  Portion  of  Telegraph.] 

Whenever  it  shall  be  necesary  for  any  person,  in  the  pursuit  of  a  lawful 
object,  to  remove,  interfere  with  or  disturb  any  portion  of  the  Fire  Alarm 
and  Police  Telegraph,  he  shall  give,  or  cause  to  be  given,  to  the  Superintend' 
ent  of  said  telegraph,  or  to  the  operator  on  duty  at  the  office  thereof,  a 
notice,  which  shall  be  given  at  least  two  hours  before  it  shall  be  necessary  to 
interfere  with  or  disturb  any  portion  of  said  Fire  Alarm  and  Police  Ttle- 
graph,  stating  the  locality  at  which  and  the  manner  in  which  it  shall  be 
necessary  to  remove,  interfere  with  or  disturb  the  same;  provided,  no  such 
notice  shall  be  given  between  the  hours  of  four  o'clock  p.  m.  and  six  o'clock  a.  m. 

If  the  Superintendent  shall  not,  within  six  hours  after  such  notice,  take 
charge  of  and  attend  to  such  removal,  disturbance  or  interference,  the  person 
giving,  or  causing  to  be  given,  the  notice  aforesaid,  may  proceed,  and,  with' 
out  the  authority  or  consent  of  said  Superintendent,  take  down  and  remove 
any  portion  of  said  telegraph;  provided,  that  no  such  removal  or  taking  down 
of  the  telegraph,  or  any  portion  thereof,  by  any  person  or  persons  other  than 
said  Superintendent,  shall,  in  any  event,  take  place  between  the  hours  of  four 
o'clock  in  the  evening  and  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning.  (As  amended  March 
8,  1881,  by  Order  No.  1,619.) 

[Providing  for  the  Use  of  Lamps  by  Railroad  Companies.] 

Section  18.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  locomotive  engine,  tender,  car  or 
train  of  cars  driven  or  propelled  by  steam,  to  move  in  any  direction  within 
the  limits  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  between  sunset  and  sun- 
rise,  without  having  one  or  more  reflecting  lamps,  such  as  are  generally  used 
by  steam  cars,  conspicuously  placed  in  front  of  such  engine,  tender,  car  or 
train  of  cars,  facing  the  direction  in  which  it  may  be  moving,  or  when  back- 
ing in,  on  the  first  car,  or  of  a  train  of  cars,  facing  the  direction  to  which  the 
same  is  moving,  so  that  the  light  may  be  fully  reflected  upon  the  track. 

Any  engineer,  brakeman,  driver,  conductor  or  other  person  in  charge,  run- 
ning or  driving  any  engine,  tender,  car  or  train  of  cars  without  the  light  pro- 
vided for  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  fifty 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  or  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  County 
Jail  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  thirty  days. 


BOAED   OF   SUPERVISORS.  21 

Upon  such  convictioh  the  company  or  companies  whose  servant  or  agent 
«hall  be  so  convicted  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars and  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars. 

[Brick  Kilns— Burning  Brick  Prohibited  within  Certain  Limits. 

Section  19.  No  person  shall  build  or  cause  to  be  built  any  brick  kiln,  or 
lourn  or  cause  to  be  burned  any  brick  within  that  portion  of  the  city  and 
county  bounded  by  Steiner  street,  Market  street,  Castro  street,  Thirtieth 
street,  present  county  road,  Serpentine  avenue,  York  street,  Twenty-fifth 
street,  Yolo  street  and  the  waters  of  the  bay. 

■{Disturb,  etc.,  Lawful  Procession  or  Assemblage  or  Funeral,  etc.,  Exhibit,  etc.,  Obscene, 
Lewd  or  Indecent  Books,  etc.,  or  possess  the  same;  Indecent  Exposure,  etc.;  Solicit  or 
employ  another  to  Commit  Public  Offense;  have  any  Slingshot  or  Knuckles;  Lewd 
Solicitations,  etc.;  be  Drunk,  etc.;  Urinate  or  Stool  Publicly.] 

Section  20.  No  person  shall,  without  authority  of  law,  disturb,  disquiet, 
^r  interrupt  any 

1.  School,  or  school  procession; 

2 .  Funeral,  or  funeral  procession ; 

3.  Lawful  procession; 

4.  Assemblage  of  people  met  for  the  purpose  of  a  funeral,  or  attending  a 
iuneral,  or  the  burial  of  the  dead. 

No  person  shall: 

5.  Offer  for  sale,  exhibit,  pass,  give,  or  deliver  to  another  any  obscene, 
lewd,  or  indecent  book,  pamphlet,  picture,  card,  print,  paper,  writing,  mould, 
.<»st  or  figure,  or  have  the  same  in  his  or  her  possession  unless  it  is  shown 
that  the  possession  is  innocent,  or  for  a  lawful  purpose ; 

6.  Circulate,  or  distribute,  or  cause  to  be  circulated,  or  distributed,  any 
pamphlets,  books,  or  circulars,  treating  of,  or  illustrating,  any  of  the  diseases 
of  the  sexual  organs; 

7.  Appear  in  a  public  place  naked,  or  in  a  dress  not  belonging  to  his  or  her 
sex;  or  in  an  indecent  or  lewd  dress; 

8.  Make  any  indecent  exposure  of  his  or  her  person; 

9.  Be  guilty  of  any  lewd  or  indecent  act  or  behavior; 

10.  Exhibit  or  perform  any  indecent,  immoral  or  lewd  play  or  other 
representation;  or  be  present  as  a  spectator  at  any  such  play  or  representa- 
tion, or  distribute,  circulate  or  post  upon  any  wall,  fence  or  other  public 
j)lace,  or  print  any  bill  or  placard  announcing  the  performance  of  any  such 
play  or  representation. 

11.  Solicit,  employ,  or  engage  another  to  commit  a  public  offense. 

12.  Make  use  of,  or  have  in  his  possession  any  slingshot,  or  other  instru- 
ment or  device,  by  means  of  which  missiles  of  any  kind  or  description  are 
hurled  or  projected; 


22  GENEEAL   OEDERS   OF   THE 

13.  Wear,  or  carry,  any  slungshot  or  knuckles,  or  instruments  of  a  similar 
character; 

14.  Solicit  by  words,  gestures,  or  knocks,  any  person  passing  or  being  on 
a  public  street,  or  place,  to  enter  any  bouse  for  lewd  purposes; 

15.  Be  drunk  in  a  public  place,  or  place  open  to  public  view; 

16.  Be  on  any  public  highway,  or  in  any  public  place  in  a  state  of  drunk- 
enness or  intoxication,  or  be  on  any  private  premises  or  in  any  private  house 
in  a  state  of  drunkenness  or  intoxication,  to  the  annoyance  of  any  other 
person.     (As  amended  November  16,  1882,  by  Order  No.  1,695.) 

[Bathing  in  the  Waters  of  the  Bay.] 

Section  21.  No  person  shall  bathe  in  the  waters  of  the  Bay  of  San  Fran- 
Cisco,  within  the  limits  of  the  city  and  county, 

Between  the  hours  of  seven  and  one-half  o'clock  a.  m,  and  sunset,  without 
wearing  a  "suitable  bathing  dress,  or 

On  Sunday  within  three  hundred  yards  of  the  shore  or  off  any  pier  or 
wharf,  between  the  hours  of  seven  and  one-half  a.  m.  and  sunset. 

[Discharging  of  Cannon— Permit  to  be  given  by  the  Mayor;  Discharge  of  Fire  Arms,  etc.^^ 
within  certain  limits.  Prohibited.] 

Section  22.  No  person  shall  discharge  any  cannon  within  that  portion  of 
the  city  and  county  lying  between  Larkin  and  Ninth  streets,  and  the  outer 
line  of  the  streets  forming  the  water  front,  except  by  special  permission,  in. 
writing  fiom  the  IVIayor,  which  permit  shall  designate  the  time  and  particular 
locality  of  the  firing,  and  the  number  of  discharges  which  are  authorized. 

A  copy  of  the  permit  shall  be  filed  by  the  person  obtaining  the  same,  in 
the  oflBce  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  at  least  two  hours  before  the  time  of  such 
firing,  and  the  person  or  persons  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  such  cannoa 
shall,  on  demand  of  any  citizen  or  peace  officer,  exhibit  the  permit  by  whicb- 
such  firing  is  authorized. 

No  person  shall  discharge  any  fire-arms  of  any  other  description,  or  any 
fire-crackers,  or  bombs,  or  any  fire-works  of  any  kind,  character  or  descrip' 
tion,  in  that  portion  of  the  city  and  county  bounded  by  Devisadero,  FeiV 
Stanyan,  Frederick,  Fifteenth,  Castro,  Twenty-sixth  and  Napa  streets,  and  the 
outer  line  of  streets  forming  the  water  front,  or  within  three  hundred  yarda 
of  any  public  highway,  or  upon  any  ground  set  apart  as  a  cemetery,  or  pub- 
lic square,  or  park,  or  within  three  hundred  yards  of  any  dwelling-house. 

This  section  shall  not  be  construed  so  as  to  prohibit  any  person  from  shoot- 
ing destructive  animals  within  or  upon  his  own  enclosure. 

It  is  hereby  made  the  special  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  and  of  every 
member  of  the  Police  Department,  to  have  the  provisions  of  this  section,  on 
all  occasions,  and  at  all  times  strictly  enforced,  and  to  be  prompt  anJ  vigi- 
lant in  arresting  all  persons  guilty  of  a  violation  of  the  same. 


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[Exploding  Blasts.] 

Section  23.  No  person  shall  explode  a  blast  without  first  covering  the 
same  in  such  a  manner  as  to  prevent  the  fragments  of  rock  or  earth  from 
being  thrown  against  or  upon  adjacent  buildings  or  lots,  or  upon  a  public 
highway. 


[Keeping  and  Storing  of  Fire-works  and  of  more  than  Fifty  Pounds  of  Powder  prohibited- 

Proviso.] 


Section  24.  No  person  shall  receive,  keep  or  store,  or  have  in  any  one 
place,  more  than  fifty  pounds  of  gunpowder,  or  shall  erect  or  maintain  any 
building  for  the  storage  or  keeping  of  gunpowder,  or  for  the  manufacture  or 
storage  of  fire-works,  except  within  that  part  of  the  city  and  county,  bounded 
by  Kailroad  avenue  on  the  west,  Islais  street  on  the  north,  county  line  on  the 
south,  and  the  waters  of  the  bay  on  the  east. 


[Scaffolds,  how  to  Construct.] 

Section  25.  No  person  shall  erect,  maintain,  or  use,  or  cause  to  be 
erected,  maintained,  or  used,  any  scaffold,  unless  it  be  of  sufficient  strength 
to  support  the  weight  that  may  be  placed  thereon,  and  of  sufficient  width 
to  prevent  the  persons  working  thereon,  or  the  materials  placed  thereon  from 
falling. 

[Immoderate  Riding  or  Driving,  Kite  Flying,  etc.] 

Section  2G.     No  person  shall : 

1.  Immoderately  ride  or  drive  any  horse  upon  any  public  street,  or  high- 
way, within  this  city  and  county. 

2.  Ride  or  drive  any  horse  at  any  rate  pf  speed  faster  than  a  walk  over  or 
upon  any  street  crossing,  within  that  portion  of  the  city  and  county  bounded 
by  the  west  line  of  Stockton  street,  the  northwesterly  line  of  IVIarket  street, 
the  southwesterly  line  of  Sixth  street,  and  the  water  front,  or  over  or  upon 
the  Bridge  erected  over  Second  street,  at  the  intersection  of  Harrison  street, 
and  known  and  designated  as  the  "  Second  street  Bridge." 

3.  Raise  or  fly  a  kite  within  that  portion  of  the  city  and  county  bounded 
by  Devisadero,  Castro  and  Twenty-sixth  streets;  thence  to  Colufea  street; 
thence  easterly  along  Colusa  street  to  the  waters  of  the  Bay  of  San  Francisco, 
and  thence  northwardly  and  westwardly  along  the  shore  of  said  bay  to  the  in- 
tersection of  Devisadero  street  and  the  waters  of  said  bay. 

4.  Play  at,  or  participate  in,  any  game  of  ball,  in  any  of  the  public  streets 
of  this  city  and  county;  or  in  any  unoccupied  or  vacant  lot  within  this  city 


24  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

and  county,  without  the  written  or  printed  permission  of  the  owner  of  said 
lot;  said  permit  to  be  carried  by  each  i^ersou  engaged  in  said  play,  and  to  be 
exhibitt^d  upon  the  demand  of  any  Police  OflBcer, 

5.  Engage  upon  a  public  highway  in  any  sport  or  exercise  having  a  ten- 
dency to  frighten  horses. 

6.  In  any  place,  indulge  in  conduct  having  a  tendency  to  annoy  persons 
passing  or  being  upon  the  public  highway,  or  upon  adjacent  premises. 

Whenever  the  free  passage  of  a  street  or  sidewalk  shall  be  obstructed  by  a 
crowd  (except  on  occasions  of  public  meeting),  the  persons  composing  such 
crowd  shall  disperse  or  move  on  when  directed  to  do  so  by  a  Police  Officer. 

[Theatrical  Performance  after  Midnight'and  Beating  upon  a  Gong  or  Orongs,  etc.,  to  disturb 

the  Peace,  prohibited.] 

Section  27.  No  person  shall  participate  in  any  theatrical  exhibition  or 
performance  between  12  o'clock  midnight,  and  daylight  in  the  morning,  and 
no  person  shall  attend  or  be  present  at  any  exhibition  or  performance,  given 
in  violation  of  this  section. 

No  person  participating  in  any  exhibition  or  performance,  in  or  about  any 
theater,  or  place  of  entertainment,  or  amusement,  in  this  city  or  county, 
shall,  at  any  time  during  such  exhibition  or  performance,  disturb  the  peace  or 
quiet  of  any  neighborhood,  by  beating  or  playing  upon  a  gong,  or  gongs,  or 
by  making  an  unusual  noise  of  any  kind;  nor  shall  any  person  aid  or  abet  in 
making  such  disturbance. 

[Disturbance  of  the  Public  Peace,.  Obscene  and  Profane  Language,  etc.] 

Section  28.     No  person  shall: 

1.  Make  in  any  place,  or  suffer  to  be  made  upon  his  premises  or  premises 
within  his  control,  any  noise,  disorder,  or  tumult,  to  the  disturbance  of  the 
public  peace. 

2.  Utter,  within  the  hearing  of  two  or  more  persons,  any  bawdy,  lewd, 
obscene,  or  profane  language,  words,  or  epithets. 

3.  Address  to  another,  or  utter  in  the  presence  of  another,  any  words, 
language,  or  expression  having  a  tendency  to  create  a  breach  of  the  peace. 

4.  Utter,  in  any  public  place,  or  utter,  in  the  presence  or  hearing  of  ten 
or  more  persons,  any  slanderous,  or  vile,  or  indecent  words,  or  epithets,  of 
or  concerning  any  perdon,  present,  or  absent;  unless^  (the  burden  of  proving 
which  shall  devolve  on  the  defendant)  such  slanderous,  vile,  or  indecent 
words  or  epithets  were  true  and  were  uttered  with  good  motives  and  for  jus- 
tifiable ends. 

[To  Prohibit  Street  Begging,  and  to  restrain  certain  persons  from  appearing  in  Streets  and 

public  places  ] 

Section  29.  No  person  shall,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  whether  by  look, 
word,  sign,  or  deed,  practice  begging  or  mendicancy  in,  or  on  any  of  the 


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streets,  highways,  or  thoroughfares  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
nor  in  any  public  place. 

On  the  conviction  of  any  person  for  practicing  mendicancy  or  begging,  if 
it  shall  appear  that  such  person  is  without  means  of  support,  and  infirm  and 
physically  unable  to  earn  a  support  or  livelihood,  or  is,  for  any  cause,  a 
proper  person  to  be  maintained  at  the  Alms  House,  such  person  may  be  com- 
mitted to  said  Alms  House. 

Any  person  who  is  diseased,  maimed,  mutilated,  or  in  any  way  deformed, 
so  as  to  be  an  unsightly  or  disgusting  object,  or  an  improper  person  to  be 
allowed  in  or  on  the  streets,  highways,  thoroughfares,  or  public  places  in  this 
city  and  county,  shall  not  therein  or  thereon  expose  himself  or  herself  to 
public  view. 

On  the  conviction  of  any  person  for  a  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of 
the  next  preceding  clause  of  this  section,  if  it  shall  seem  proper  and  just,  the 
fine  and  imprisonment  provided  for  may  be  omitted,  and  such  person  be  com- 
mitted to  the  Alms  House. 

It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Police  Oflflcers  to  arrest  any  person  who 
shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section^ 

[Driving  Cattle  through  streets  prohibited  during  certain  hours.] 

Section  30.  No  person  shall  drive  or  cause  to  be  driven  any  cattle  except 
milch  cows  and  calves  through  any  public  street  east  of  Larkin  and  Ninth 
streets  between  the  hours  of  six  in  the  morning  and  twelve  at  night,  from  the 
first  day  of  April  to  the  first  day  of  October,  or  between  the  hours  of  seven 
in  the  morning  and  twelve  at  night,  from  the  first  day  of  October  to  the  first 
day  of  April;  provided ^  it  shall  be  lawful  at  any  hour  to  drive«cattle  from  the 
landing  at  the  foot  of  Second  street  along  King  street  to  Third  street;  thence 
to  Berry  street;  thence  to  Sixth  street;  thence  along  Sixth  to  Townsend 
street,  and  along  Townsend  street  to  Seventh  street;  thence  to  Brannan 
.street,  and  thence  to  Ninth  street. 

[Concerning  Dogs  running  at  large.] 

"Section  31.  No  person  owning  or  having  control  of  any  dog  shall  suffer 
or  permit  the  same  to  run  at  large  in  any  public  street;  unless, 

A  license  tax  for  the  current  year  be  first  paid;  and  unless. 

Such  dog  has  around  it^  neck  a  collar,  and  have  attached  thereto  a  metal- 
Sic  plate,  issued  by  the  Collector  of  Licenses,  having  thereon  the  number  of 
the  license  issued  for  said  dog,  and  figures  indicating  the  year  for  which  the 
license  tax  has  been  paid. 

Every  dog  found  running  at  large  in  violation  of  this  section  shall  be  im- 
pounded. 

If,  on  the  trial  of  any  person  for  violating  this  section,  it  appear  to  the 
Oourt  that  any  unregistered  dog,  while  running  or  being  at  large  in  any  street, 


26  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF  THE 

lane  or  alley  of  this  city  and  county,  did  bite  any  person,  the  Court  may 
order  such  dog  to  be  destroyed,  and  the  Chief  of  Police  shall  execute  such 
order. 

[Prohibiting  Employment  of  Females  in  Bar-rooms  and  Females  from  remaining  or  being  in 
any  Place  where  Liquors  are  sold  between  the  hours  of  six  o'clock  p,  m.  and  six 
o'clock  A.  M.] 

Section  32.  Every  person  who  causes,  procures  or  employs  any  female  ta 
wait,  or  in  any  manner  attend,  on  any  person  in  any  dance-cellar,  bar- 
room, or  in  any  place  where  malt,  vinous  or  spirituous  liquors  are  used  or 
sold,  and  every  female  who,  in  such  place,  shall  wait  or  attend  on  any  per- 
son, is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

No  person  owing  or  having  charge  or  control  of  any  drinking  cellar,  drink- 
ing saloon,  or  drinking  place,  or  any  place  where  malt,  vinous  or  spirituous 
liquors  are  sold  and  used,  shall  suffer  or  permit  any  female  to  be  or  remain  in 
such  drinking  cellar,  saloon  or  place  between  the  hours  of  six  o'clock  p.  m. 
and  six  o'clock  a.  m. 

No  female  shall  be  or  remain  in  sach  drinking  cellar,  saloon  or  place  be- 
tween such  hours;  provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  be  constructed  so  as 
to  apply  to  hotels  or  restaurants,  or  grocery  stores  where  the  wife  or  daughter 
of  the  proprietor  may  happen  to  be  ia  attendance;  or  public  gardens,  or  to 
balls  that  are  not  given  or  held  in  drinking  cellars,  drinking  saloons  or  bar- 
rooms; provided,  further,  that  if  the  ball  is  given  for  the  purpose  of  evading 
the  provisions  of  this  order,  then  this  order  shall  be  applicable. 

[Houses  of  Ill-fame  Gambling  Houses.] 

Section  33.  No  person  shall,  in  that  portion  of  the  city  and  county 
bounded  by  Larkin,  Market,  Church,  Eighteenth  and  Channel  streets,  and 
the  water  front,  keep  or  maintain,  or  become  an  inmate  of,  or  a  visitor  to,  or 
shall  in  any  way  contribute  to  the  support  of: 

Any  disorderly  house;  or. 

House  of  ill-fame;  or, 

Place  for  the  practice  of  gambling;  or. 

Knowingly  let  or  underlet,  or  transfer  the  possession  of  any  premises  for 
use  by  any  person  for  any  of  said  purposes. 

Every  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
twenty  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  less  than  ten  days. 

[To  Prohibit  the  Throwing  of  Dice  and  Games  of  Chance  for  Money  in  Places  open  to  Public 

View.] 

Section  31.     No  person  shall: 

Draw  numbers,  figures,  letters  or  cards,  in  the  nature  of  a  game  of  chance  y 
throw  or  count  dice,  or  engage  or  take  part  in  any  way  therein,  or  in  any 


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game  of  chance  of  any  kind  whatever,  for  money,  things  in  action,  property 
or  valuables  of  any  kind  whatever, 

In  a  public  place;  or, 

Place  open  to  public  view;  or, 

Where  the  same  may  be  seen  by  persons  being  or  passing  upon  the  street  ^ 
or. 

In  the  presence  or  view  of  two  or  more  persons,4iicluding  those  engaged 
therein; 

No  person  shall  permit  or  suffer  the  same  upon  his  or  her  premises  or 
place,  or  upon  any  premises  or  place,  under  his  or  her  control. 

[To  Prohibit  the  "  Strap  Game,"  or  "  Trick  of  the  Loop."] 

Section  35,     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to: 

"Win  or  acquire  money  or  thing  of  value  by  means  of  the  game  played  with 
a  strap,  and  commonly  known  as  the  '*  Strap  Game,"  or  "  Trick  of  the  Loop."" 

Advise  or  solicit,  challenge  or  provoke  another  to  bet  anything  of  value  on 
the  •*  Strap  Game." 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  having  the  control  of  any  premises  to 
suffer  or  permit  the  "  Strap  Game  "  to  be  played  for  anything  of  value  on 
such  premises. 

Any  instrument,  of  whatever  texture,  which  shall  be  used  to  play  or  in 
attempting  to  play  the  "Strap  Game  "  shall  be  deemed  a  "strap  "  within 
the  meaning  of  this  section. 

[Prohibiting  Cheating  or  Fraudulent  or  Dishonest  Practices  at  Card  Playing.} 

Section  36.  Every  person  who,  at  a  game  or  play  at  cards,  or  in  betting 
on  a  hand  or  side,  at  such  game  or  play,  shall,  by  fraudulent  or  dishonest  or 
cheating  trick,  art,  practice  or  device,  obtain  or  win  for  himself  or  another 
any  money  or  personal  property  or  valuable  thing,  with  the  intent  to  cheat 
and  defraud,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  punished  accord- 
ingly. 

Every  person  who,  at  the  game  of  "  poker,"  or  who,  on  betting  on  a  hand 
at  cards,  as  a  "poker  hand,"  shall,  by  the  claim,  pretense  or  representation 
that  three  or  four  cards  of  the  same  suit  beat  three  aces,  or  threes  of  any 
kind,  obtain  or  take  any  money,  personal  property  or  valuable  thing,  with 
intent  to  cheat  and  defraud,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
punished  accordingly. 

[Prohibiting  the  Unlawful  Possession  of  Gambling  Implements.] 

Section  37.    No  person  shall  have  in  his  possession,  unless  it  is  showrt 
that  such  possession  is  innocent  or  for  a  lawful  purpose;  any, 
1.     Faro-box. 


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2.  Faro-table. 

3.  Faro-layout. 

4.  Faro-cases. 

5.  Faro-checks;  or. 

6.  Other  implements  for  playing  any  banking  game. 

Euery  person  found  in  any  room  or  apartment  where  such  gambling  im- 
plements are  discovered  shall,  unless  the  contrary  appear,  be  deemed  to  have 
possession  of  the  same;  provided,  that  the  possession  of  any  of  the  forego- 
ing implements  by  a  manufacturer  of  the  same  shall  be  deemed  innocent  and 
for  a  lawful  purpose. 

Every  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  punished  by  a  fine  not  less  than  twenty  dollars 
or  imprisonment  not  less  than  ten  days. 

fProhlbiting  Persons  from  Taking  Intoxicating  Liquors  into  Public  Institutions.] 

Section  38.     Any  person  who  shall,  without  permission  of  the  ofl&cer  in 
charge,  bring  any  malt,  vinous  or  intoxicating  liquor  into: 
Any  graveyard  or  cemetery  in  this  city  and  county; 
Any  prison  in  this  city  and  county; 
The  County  Hospital; 
The  Alms  House; 
The  Industrial  School; 
The  House  of  Correction; 
Shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

^Providing  for  the  Punishment  of  Prisoners  Escaping  from  the  City  and  County  Hospital.] 

Section  39.  Whenever  any  person  shall  be  arrested  or  detained  or  im- 
prisoned on  any  criminal  charge,  in  any  prison  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and,  on  account  of  sickness  or  injuries  received,  shall  be 
removed  to  the  City  and  County  Hospital,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  such  person 
to  escape  from  said  hospital,  and  any  person  so  escaping  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

[To  Prohibit  the  Use  of  Masks  in  the  Commission  of  Eobbery  and  other  Crime.] 

Section  40.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  wear,  or  to  have  in  his 
or  her  possession,  with  intent  that  they,  or  any  of  them,  should  be  worn  by 
any  person,  any  mask,  disguise  or  other  device  for  the  purpose  of  evading  or 
oscaping  discovfery,  recognition  or  identification,  for  robbery  or  any  other 
public  offense  committed,  or  intended  to  be  committed,  under  cover  of  such 
mask,  disguise  or  other  device,  or  the  concealment  of  any  person  guilty  of, 
charged  with,  arrested  for  or  convicted  of  any  crime. 


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[To  Prohibit  the  Unlawful  Possession  of  Burglars'  Tools.] 

Section  41.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  have  in  his  possession 
any: 

1.  Nippers  of  the  description  known  as  Burglars'  Nippers; 

2.  Picklock; 

3.  Skeleton  Key; 

4.  Key  to  be  used  with  a  bit  or  bits; 

5.  Jimmy;  or, 

6.  Other  burglars' tool. 

Unless  it  is  shown  that  such  possession  is  innocent,  or  for  a  lawful  purpose. 


[To  Prohibit  Coolie  Servitude.] 

Section  42.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person: 

1.  To  sell,  or  attempt  to  sell,  propose,  threaten  or  offer  to  sell  any  human 
being; 

2.  To  claim  the  services,  possession  or  person  of  any  human  being,  except 
as  authorized  by  law; 

3.  To  solicit,  persuade  or  induce  any  person  to  be  or  remain  in  a  state  of 
servitude,  except  as  authorized  by  law,  whether  such  person  receives  partial 
compensation  or  no  compensation; 

4.  To  be,  enter,  remain  or  dwell  in  any  brothel  or  house  of  ill-fame,  ex- 
cept for  a  lawful  purpose; 

5.  On  account  of  any  real  or  pretended  debt  dile,  or  pretended  to  be  due, 
by  any  person,  or  any  passage  money  paid  for,  or  money  advanced  to  any 
person,  whether  in  this  State  or  elsewhere,  to  hold  or  attempt  to  hold  the 
person,  or  claim  the  services  or  possession  of  any  human  being,  except  in 
cases  authorized  by  law; 

6.  To  exercise  or  attempt  to  exercise  any  control  over  any  human  being, 
except  as  authorized  by  law; 

7.  To  demand  or  receive  from  any  person,  any  human  being,  or  any  money, 
or  thing  of  value,  for  or  on  account  of  any  real  or  pretended  claim  to  the 
person,  possession  or  services  of  any  person  who  was  bought,  sold,  held, 
claimed,  or  attempted  to  be  held  or  claimed,  in  violation  of  this  section; 

8.  To  threaten  any  person  for  receiving,  harboring,  assisting  or  marrying 
any  person  who  was  bought,  sold,  held,  claimed,  or  attempted  to  be  held  or 
claimed  in  violation  of  this  section ; 

9.  To  threaten  any  person  for  not  paying  or  promising  to  pay  any  demand 
for  money,  or  anything  of  value,  made  in  violation  of  this  section; 

10.  To  threaten  any  person  for  not  restoring,  or  delivering  or  promising 
to  restore  or  deliver,  to  the  claimant  or  his  agent,  any  person  who  had  been 
bought,  sold,  held,  claimed,  or  attempted  to  be  held  or  claimed,  in  violation 
of  this  section. 


30  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF  THE 

[Relating  to  the  Duties  of  Pawnbrokers  and  Dealers  in  Second-hand  Clothing.] 

Section  43.  Every  person  engaged  in  the  business  of  pawnbroker,  or  the 
purchase  or  sale  of  second-hand  clothing,  wares  or  merchandise,  shatt  keep 
a  book,  in  which  they  shall  enter,  at  the  time  of  purchase,  in  the  llnglish 
language : 

1.  A  true  and  accurate  description  of  every  article  purchased  by  them; 

2.  The  name  and  residence  of  the  vendor; 

3.  The  amount  paid; 

4.  The  date  and  hour  of  purchase. 

Such  book  shall  be  exhibited  upon  request  of  any  police  officer  of  the  per- 
manent police  force. 

[Peddler's  License  to  be  Exhibited.] 

Section  44.  Every  peddler  of  merchandise,  meat,  fish,  vegetables,  fruit, 
game,  poultry,  eggs,  cheese,  butter  and  produce,  shall,  while  engaged  in  ped- 
dling, carry  on  his  or  her  person  an  unexpired  peddler's  license,  and  exhibit 
such  license  when  requested  by  any  municipal  officer. 


[To  Kegulate  the  Right  of  Way  over  and  upon  the  Public  Streets,  and  to  Prohibit  the 
Obstruction  of  Street  Railroad  Cars.] 

Section  45.  When  vehicles  are  about  to  meet  on  any  of  the  streets  in  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  drivers  of  such  must  turn  to  the  right 
of  the  center  of  the  street,  except  on  streets  where  street  railroads  are  main- 
tained; on  such  streets  the  driver  of  any  vehicle,  except  street  cars,  must, 
when  about  to  meet  any  other  vehicle  (street  cars  included),  turn  his  team 
and  vehicle  not  only  to  the  right  of  the  center  of  the  street,  but  also  to  the 
right  of  the  outer  rail  of  the  railway,  upon  that  side  of  the  street  nearest  the 
center  thereof.  And  no  person  shall  obstruct  the  track  of  any  legally  author- 
ized street  railroad,  or  hinder,  impede  or  delay  any  street  railroad  passenger 
car.     (As  amended  May  8,  1883,  by  Order  1,715.) 

[Prohibiting,  Entrapping,  Killing  or  Destroying  Birds.] 

Section  46.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  hereafter  to 
entrap,  kill  or  destroy  any  bird  or  birds  in  this  city  and  county. 


[Deposit  of  Rubbish  and  Filth  on  Streets,  etc.— Emptying  of  Drains— Rubbish  and  Filth 
Carried  upon  Sidewalk.] 

Section  47.     No  person  shall  throw  into  or  deposit  upon  any  public  street, 
highway  or  grounds,  or  upon  any  private  premises,  or  anywhere  except  in 


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such  places  as  may  be  designated  for  that  purpose  by  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Streets  and  Highways,  any  glass,  broken  ware,  dirt,  rubbish,  garbage 
or  filth. 

No  person  owning  or  having  control  of  any  premises  shall  suffer  or  permit 
the  drainage  or  any  drain  therefrom  to  empty  into  or  upon  any  other  premises 
or  public  square,  street  or  highway,  except  by  permission  of  the  Committee 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  on  Health  and  Police. 

No  person  upon  any  sidewalk  shall  carry  a  basket  or  baskets,  bag  or  bags, 
suspended  from  or  attached  to  poles  across  or  upon  the  shoulder,  and  no 
person  on  any  sidewalk  shall  «arry,  so  as  to  be  offensive  to  pedestrians,  any 
rubbish,  garbage  or  filth. 

[Misdemeanor  at  Common  Law.] 

Section  48.  Every  act  or  offense  which  is  a  misdemeanor  at  common  law 
and  not  defined  by  statute  of  this  State  or  order  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
is  a  misdemeanor  in  this  city  and  county. 

[Assemblage  of  Minors  and  Disturbances  of  Minors  on  Streets  at  Night  Prohibited.] 

Skotion  49.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  three  or  more  persons  under  twenty- 
one  years  of  age  to  congregate  or  assemble,  or  engage  in  any  sport  or  exer- 
cise, or  make  or  endeavor  to  make  any  noise  or  disturbance  on  any  public 
thoroughfare,  or  on  any  street  or  street  crossing,  court  or  alley,  in  this  city 
and  county,  between  the  hours  of  eight  (8)  o'clock  p.  m.  and  daylight  in  the 
morning. 

[Prohibiting  Posting  of  Notices,  etc.,  on  Telegraph  Poles.] 

Section  50.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  paste,  paint,  affix  or 
fasten  on  any  telegraph  pole  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  any 
advertisement,  bill,  notice  or  advertising  device;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
every  person  named  in  any  advertisement,  bill,  notice  or  advertising  device 
which  is  now  or  may  be  posted,  painted,  affixed  or  fastened  on  any  telegraph 
pole  in  said  city  and  county,  immediately  to  remove  such  advertisement,  bill, 
notice  or  advertising  device. 

[Prohibiting  the  Commission,  etc.,  of  any  Act  Injurious  to  Public  Morals  or  Public  Safety.] 

Section  51.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  commit  any  act,  or  omit 
any  duty,  which  act  or  omission  either: 
First — Amounts  to  a  public  wrong;  or 
Second — Openly  outrages  decency ;  or 

Third— Is  injurious  to  public  morals,  or  public  health,  or  public  safety;  or, 
Fourth — Tends  directly  to  produce  a  breach  of  the  peace. 


32  GENEEAL   OKDERS   OF   THE 

{Prohibiting  the  Counseling  or  Soliciting  of  any  Person  to  Commit  a  Felony,  Misdemeanor, 
Crime  or  Public  Offense,] 

Section  52.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  by  word  or  act,  or  deed, 
or  by  word,  language  or  expression,  oral,  written  or  printed,  to  advise,  advo- 
cate, encourage,  incite,  ask,  request,  order,  counsel,  solicit,  endeavor  to 
induce  or  persuade,  state,  suggest  or  propose  to  another  or  others,  to  commit 
or  cause  to  be  committed,  any  felony,  misdemeanor,  or  crime,  or  public  offense- 
whatsoever,  then,  or  at  any  future  or  indefinite  time,  or  upon  the  occurrence 
or  non-occurrence  of  any  event  or  fact,  or  upon  the  compliance  or  non-com- 
pliance by  any  person  or  persons,  or  associations  or  corporation,  with  any 
term  or  condition,  or  upon  the  performance  or  non-performance  of  any  act 
or  deed. 

[Prohibiting  any  Person  from  Threatening  to  Commit  a  Felony,  Misdemeanor,  Crime  or 

Public  Offense.] 

Section  53.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  by  word,  act  or  deed,  or 
by  word,  language  or  expression,  oral,  written  or  printed,  to  threaten  to  com- 
mit, or  to  threaten  to  cause  to  be  committed,  any  felony,  misdemeanor,  crime 
or  public  offense  whatsoever,  then  or  at  any  future  or  indefinite  time,  or  upon 
the  occurrence  or  non-occurrence  of  any  event  or  fact,  or  upon  the  compli- 
ance or  non-compliance  of  any  person  or  persons,  or  association  or  corpora- 
tion, with  any  term  or  'condition,  or  upon  the  performance  or  non-perform- 
ance of  any  act  or  deed. 

[Prohibiting  any  Person  from  Using  any  Language  for  the  Purpose  of  Wrongful  Intimidation^ 

Section  54.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  use  or  utter  any  words, 
language  or  expression  conveying  or  suggesting  any  threat,  conditional  or 
otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  wrongful  intimidation.  These  provisions  shall 
apply,  whether  the  intimidation  is  intended  for  the  community  or  for  a  class, 
or  for  one  or  more  persons,  and  whether  said  person  or  persons  are  present 
or  absent  at  the  time  of  the  use  or  utterance  of  said  words,  or  language  or 
expression. 

[Prohibiting  any  Person  from  Using  any  Language  Claiming  to  have  the  Power  to  cause  the 
Commission  of  any  Act,  which,  if  Committed,  would  be  a  Crime.] 

Section  55.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  by  word,  language  or 
expression,  oral,  printed  or  written,  to  state,  represent,  pretend,  claim,  utter 
or  assert  that  if  he  or  she  had  given,  or  would  give,  any  order,  advice,  en- 
couragement, request,  counsel,  solicitation,  statement,  suggestion  or  proposal 
to  another  or  others,  to  commit  or  do  any  act,  or  omit  any  duty—the  commis- 
sion of  which  act  or  the  omission  of  which  duty  is  a  crime— it  would  have 
been  or  would  be  done,  committed  or  omitted,  or  to  claim  or  assert  any  such 
power,  control  or  command  over  any  person  or  persons. 


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[Prohibiting  any  Person  from  Proposing  or  Offering  to  Lead  Others  to  Commit  a  Crime.] 

Section  56.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  propose  or  offer  to 
commi<,  or  to  lead  others  to  commit,  or  state  that  he  will  lead  or  is  ready  to 
lead  others  to  commit  any  crime. 


[Prohibiting  the  Exhibition  or  Display  in  any  Public  Place,  of  any  Emblem,  Representation 
or  Language  Injurious  to  Public  Morals  or  Safety.] 

Section  57.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  exhibit  or  display  in 
any  public  place,  meeting  or  procession,  any  emblem,  transparency,  repre- 
sentation, motto,  language,  device,  instrument  or  thing,  for  purposes  of  in- 
timidation, or  which  has  a  tendency  to  disturb  the  public  peace  or  to  excite  a 
riot,  or  which  is  injurious  to  public  morals,  public  safety,  or  which  is  con- 
trary to  public  decency. 


[Carcasses  of  Animals  to  be  used  for  Food,  not  to  be  Exposed  to  View  when  being  Moved 
or  Transported  in  Wagons  or  Carts,  through  the  Streets.] 

Section  58.  No  person  shall  move  or  transport  any  beef,  mutton,  veal, 
pork,  or  the  carcass  of  any  animal  used  for  food,  through  the  streets  of  this 
city  and  county,  unless  the  same  be  moved  or  transported  in  wagons  or  carts, 
so  constructed  and  covered  as  to  protect  it  entirely  from  dust  and  dirt,  and 
so  that  the  same  may  not  be  exposed  to  view,  during  the  course  of  said  trans- 
portation. 

[Prohibiting  any  Person  placing  Wires  on  Poles  or  Fixtures  of  the  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph 
or  Falsely  Representing  Hipaself  as  an  Employee  of  said  Telegraph.] 

Section  59.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  or  corporation,  to  run 
any  wire  on  any  of  the  telegraph  poles  or  fixtures  of  the  Fire  Alarm  and 
Police  Telegraph  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  or  to  run,  erect, 
or  maintain  any  wire,  crossing  or  running  parallel  to  any  wire  of  said  Fire 
Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph,  within  a  distance  of  six  feet.  It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person,  with  intent  to  deceive,  falsely  to  represent  himself  to 
be  an  employee  of  the  Fire  Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph  of  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco. 


[Prohibiting  Shops  and  Markets  from  being  Kept  Open  on  Sundays,  for  the  Sale  of  Meats.] 

Section  60.    It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persona  to  sell  meats 
at  retail  on  Sundays,  or  to  open  or  keep  open  on  Sundays,  within  the  limits 
of  this  city  and  county,  any  retail  shop  or  market  for  the  sale  of  meats. 
3 


34  GENERAL   ORDERS  OF   THE 

[Persons  Prohibited  from  Keeping  or  Visiting  any  Place,  House  or  Room  where  Opium  is 

Smoked.] 

Section  61.  No  person  shall,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San-  Francisco, 
ieep  or  maintain,  or  become  an  inmate  of,  or  visit,  or  shall,  in  any  way,  con- 
tribute to  the  support  of  any  place,  house,  or  room,  where  opium  is  smoked, 
or  where  persons  assemble  for  the  purpose  of  smoking  opium,  or  inhaling 
the  fumes  of  opium. 


[Prohibiting  the  Production  or  Exhibition  of  any  Play  or  Representation  tending  to  Profane 

Religion.] 

Section  62.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  exhibit,  or  take  any 
part  in  exhibiting  in  any  theatre,  or  other  place,  where  money  is  charged  for 
admission,  any  play,  or  performance,  or  representation,  displaying,  or  in- 
tended to  display,  the  life  or  death  of  Jesus  Christ,  or  any  play,  performance, 
or  representation,  calculated  or  tending  to  profane  or  degrade  religion. 


[Keeping  of  Swine  or  More  than  Two  Cows  Prohibited  within  Portions  of  the  City; 
East  of  Fillmore  and  Northeast  of  Sixteenth  Streets.] 

Section  63.  No  person  or  persons  shall  keep  or  cause  to  be  kept  any 
swine  whatsoever,  nor  more  than  two  cows,  within  that  portion  of  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco  bounded  as  follows:  Commencing  at  the  inter- 
section of  Lombard  street  with  the  waters  of  the  Bay,  thence  along  Lombard 
street  to  Broderick  street,  thence  southerly  along  Broderick  street  to  Waller 
street,  thence  easterly  along  "Waller  street  to  Devisadero  street,  thence  south- 
erly on  Devisadero  street  to  Kidley  street,  thence  easterly  on  Eidley  street  to 
Castro  street,  thence  southerly  on  Castro  street  to  Seventeenth  street,  thence 
westerly  on  Seventeenth  street  to  Douglass  street,  thence  southerly  on 
Douglass  street  to  Twenty-sixth  street,  thence  easterly  on  Twenty- sixth  street 
to  Harrison  street,  thence  northerly  along  Harrison  street  to  Channel  street, 
thence  along  Channel  street  to  the  waters  of  the  Bay,  thence  following  the 
water  front  and  waters  of  the  Bay  to  the  point  of  commencement.  (As 
amended  January  6,  1883,  by  Order  No.  1,V05.) 


[Use  of  Air  Guns,  Muskets,  Guns  or  Instruments,  projecting  Bullets  or  Missiles,  by  Elastic 
Force  of  Air,  Prohibited.] 

Section  64.  No  person  within  the  limits  of  this  city  and  county  shall  use 
or  discharge  an  air  gun,  or  musket,  or  gun,  or  instrument  of  any  kind,  char- 
acter or  description,  which  throws  or  projects  bullets  or  missiles  to  any  dis- 
tance by  the  elastic  force  of  the  air. 


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[Improper  Eepresentations  to  Persons  in  Regard  to  Supervisors  or  School  Directors 

Prohibited.] 

Section  65.  Every  person  who  obtains  or  seeks  to  obtain  money  or  other 
thing  of  value  from  another  person,  upon  any  pretense,  claim  or  representa- 
tion that  he  can  or  will  influence  in  any  manner  the  action  of  any  member 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  or  Board  of  Education,  or  any  Committee  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  or  Board  of  Education,  in  regard  to  any  vote,  appoint- 
ment or  action,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six 
months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;  provided,  that  this  order 
shall  not  be  deemed  to  apply  to  any  person  who  appears  before  any  such 
Board  or  Committee  in  a  public  manner  to  advocate  any  claim  or  action. 

iChildren,  Persons  having  Control  of—  Prohibited  from  Exhibiting,  Using,  or  Employing 
Children  Under  Fourteen  Years  of  Age  for  Indecent  or  Immoral  Purposes,  or  at  any 
Business,  Exhibition  or  Vocation  Injurious  to  Health  or  Dangerous  to  Life  and  Limb.] 

Section  66.  First — Any  person  having  the  care,  custody  or  control  of  any 
child  under  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  who  shall  exhibit,  use,  or  employ,  or 
who  shall  in  any  manner,  or  under  any  pretense,  sell,  apprentice,  give  away, 
let  out,  or  otherwise  dispose  of  any  such  child  to  any  person,  to  be  exhibited, 
used  or  employed  in  or  for  the  vocation,  occupation,  practice,  service  or  pur- 
pose of  singing,  playing  on  musical  instruments,  rope  or  wire-walking, 
dancing,  begging  or  peddling,  or  as  a  gymnast,  contortionist,  rider  or  acrobat, 
in  any  place  whatsoever;  or  for  or  in  any  obscene,  indecent  or  immoral  pur- 
pose, exhibition,  or  practice  whatsoever;  or  for  or  in  any  business,  exhibition 
or  vocation,  injurious  to  the  health  or  dangerous  to  the  life  or  limb  of  such 
child;  or  wh»  shall  cause,  procure,  or  encourage  any  such  child  to  engage 
therein,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  County  Jail  for  a  term  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  by^both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Court;  provided,  that  nothing 
in  this  section  contained  shall  apply  to  or  affect  the  employment  or  use  of 
any  such  child  as  a  singer  or  musician  in  any  church,  school  or  academy,  or 
the  teaching  or  learning  the  science  or  practice  of  music;  nor  the  employ, 
ment  of  any  child  as  a  musician  at  any  concert  or  other  musical  entertain- 
ment, on  the  written  consent  of  the  IMayor  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco. 

[Persons  Prohibited  from  Having,  Using  or  Employing  Children  Under  Fourteen  Years  of 
Age  for  Purposes  Mentioned  in  this  Section.] 

Second— Every  person  who  shall  take,  receive,  hire,  employ,  use,  exhibit 
or  have  in  custody  any  child  under  the  age,  and  for  any  of  the  purposes 
mentioned  in  this  section,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  like  offense  and  punished  by  a 
like  punishment  as  herein  provided. 


36  GENERAL  ORDERS   OF  THE 

[Persons  Guilty  of  Misdemeanor,  in  Wilfully  Causing  or  Permitting  Children  to  Suffer  Pai» 

or  Injury.] 

Third — Every  person  "who  shall  wilfully  cause  or  permit  any  child  to  suffer 
or  who  shall  inflict  thereon  unjustiliable  physical  pain  or  mental  suffering;  or 
who,  having  the  care  or  custody  of  any  child,  shall  wilfully  cause  or  permit 
the  life  or  limb  of  such  child  to  be  endangered,  or  the  health  of  such  child 
to  be  injured,  or  who  shall  wilfully  cause  or  permit  such  child  to  be  placed 
in  such  a  situation  that  its  life  or  limb  may  be  endangered,  or  its  health  shall 
be  likely  to  be  injured,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  be  punished  as 
provided  in  this  section. 

[Pines,  etc.,  Collected  where  Prosecutions  are  Instituted  by,  to  Enure  to  the  Benefit  of  the 
"  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children."] 

Fourth — All  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  imposed  and  collected  under 
the  provisions  of  this  section,  in  every  case  where  the  prosecution  was  insti- 
tuted or  conducted  by  the  Society  first  incorporated  for  the  "  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Children,"  under  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia entitled  "An  Act  for  the  incorporation  of  societies  fcr  ihe  prevention 
of  cruelty  to  children,"  approved  April  3,  1876,  shall  enure  to  such  society^ 
in  aid  of  the  purposes  for  which  it  was  incorporated. 

[Regulating  the  Construction  of  Laundries.] 

Section  67.  All  buildings  erected  and  used  as  Laundries,  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  city  and  county,  on  and  after  March,  1st,  1880,  shall  be 
constructed  but  one  story  in  height,  with  brick  or  stone  walls,  not  less  than 
twelve  (12)  inches  in  thickness,  covered  with  a  metal  roof,  and  provided  with- 
metal  or  metal-covered  doors  and  window-shutters. 

[Prescribing  the  kind  of  Buildings  in  which  Laundries  may  be  Located.] 

Section  68.  It  shall  be  unlawful  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Ordtr 
for  any  person  or  persons  to  establish,  maintain  or  carry  on  a  Laundry  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  without  having 
first  obtained  the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  except  the  same  be 
located  in  a  building  constructed  either  of  brick  or  stone. 

[Prohibiting  the  Erection  of  Scaffolding  on  the  Roofs  of  Buildings  without  Permission  of 
the  Board  of  Supervisors.] 

Section  69.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  erect,  build  or  main- 
tain, or  cause  to  be  erected,  built  or  maintained,  over  or  upon  the  roof  of  any 
building  now  erected  or  which  may  hereafter  be  erected  within  the  limits  olt 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  37 

«aid  city  and  county,  any  scaffolding,  without  first  obtaining  the  written  per- 
mission of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  which  permit  shall  state  fully  for  what 
purpose  said  scaffolding  is  to  be  erected  and  used,  and  such  scaffolding  shall 
not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose  than  that  designated  in  such  permit. 


^Prohibiting   Persons  from  having  in  their  possession  Lottery  Tickets,  or  any  Tools, 
or  Instruments  used  or  intended  to  be  used  in  making  said  Tickets.] 

Section  70.  It  shill  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  have  in  his  possession, 
tmless  it  be  shown  that  such  possession  is  innocent,  or  for  a  lawful  purpose, 
Any 

Lottery  Ticket; 

Ticket,  certificate,  paper  or  instrument  purporting,  or  representing,  or  un- 
derstood to  be,  or  to  represent  any  ticket,  chance,  share,  or  interest  in  or  de. 
|)ending  upon  the  event  of  any  lottery; 

Tool,  instrument,  stamp  or  device  used  or  intended  to  be  used  in  or  for 
contriving,  setting  up,  preparing  or  drawing  any  lottery,  or  used  or  intended 
to  be  used  in  or  for  contriving,  preparing,  making,  writing,  printing,  stamping, 
<or  getting  ready  for  sale  or  distribution  any  lottery  ticket  or  tickets. 

Every  person  found  in  any  room,  oflSice,  apartment,  or  place,  where  any  of 
^uch  articles  above  enumerated  are  discovered,  shall,  unless  the  contrary  ap- 
pears, be  deemed  to  have  possession  of  the  same. 

^Prohibiting  Persons  from  becoming  Inmates  of  or  Visitors  to  any  Office,  Room,  etc.,  for 
the  Sale  or  Preparation  of  Lottery  Tickets,  or  for  the  Drawing  of  any  Lottery,  etc.] 

Section  71.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  within  the  limits  of  the 
dity  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  to  become  an  inmate  of  or  visitor  to,  or 
in  any  manner  contribute  to  the  support  of 

Any  office,  room  or  place,  where  any  lottery  is  or  is  about  to  be  contrived, 
prepared,  set  up,  proposed,  or  drawn ; 

Any  office,  room  or  place  for  the  sale  of  or  for  registering  the  number  of 
any  ticket  in  any  lottery.  (As  amended  March  30th,  1882,  by  Order  No. 
1665.) 

'Proliibiting  Persons  from  exposing  for  sale  or  selling  any  Animal  upon  the  Public  Streets, 

etc.] 

Section  72 .  No  person  shall  expose  for  sale  or  sell,  or  cause  to  be  exposed 
ior  sale  or  sold  upon  any  of  the  streets  of  this  city  and  county,  any  horse, 
mule,  cow,  bull,  steer,  or  any  animal  of  any  description  whatsoever;  and  all 
sales  of  stock  as  aforesaid  must  be  conducted  in  yards,  enclosures  or  build- 
ings securely  constructed  so  as  to  prevent  such  animals  as  aforesaid  from 
'i)reaking  loose  and  entering  any  of  the  streets  of  this  city  and  county;  and 
iill  animals  intended  for  sale  in  such  yards,  enclosures  or  buildings,  shall  be 


38  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

conveyed  thereto  before  the  hour  of  80 'clock  a.m.,  and  not  removed  there- 
from before  the  hour  of  5  o'clock  p.  m.,  except  in  the  cases  of  broken  horses- 
or  mules,  which  shall  be  led  by  halter  or  bridle.  (As  amended  February  28^ 
1872,  by  Order  1,663.) 

[Prohibiting  Persons  (other  than  owners)  from  releasing  Animals  from  Hitching  Posts,  or 
taking  possession  of  any  Animal  on  the  Public  Streets,  other  than  to  deliver  the  same 
to  the  Police  or  the  Poundkeeper— Proviso.] 

Section  73.  No  person  within  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisca 
shall  unhitch,  unfasten,  or  release  from  any  hitching-post,  or  from  any 
other  mode  of  fastening,  any  horse,  mare,  gelding  or  mule,  whether  the 
same  be  under  saddle,  attached  to  a  vehicle,  or  without  either  saddle  or  har- 
ness, unless  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  owner  thereof,  or  of  the  person 
under  whose  immediate  charge  and  control  such  horse,  mare,  gelding  or  mule 
may  legally  be  at  the  time  of  said  unhitching,  unfastening  or  releasing.  Nor 
shall  any  person  within  said  city  and  county  take  possession  of,  ride,  drive 
lead  away,  or  use  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  any  horse,  mare,  gelding  or 
mule  found  hitched  to  any  hitching-post,  cr  otherwise  secured  upon  any  of 
the  public  streets,  or  upon  any  private  property,  or  found  unhitched, 
unfastened  and  loose  upon  the  public  streets  of  said  city  and  county,  unless 
with  the  consent  of  the  owner  thereof,  or  of  the  person  under  whose  imme- 
diate legal  care  and  control  the  said  horse,  mare,  gelding  or  mule  may  at  the 
time  be . 

Provided,  that  any  Police  Officer  may,  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  remove 
to  the  public  Pound,  or  any  other  place  of  safety,  any  horse,  mare,  gelding 
or  mule  improperly  fastened,  or  found  trespassing  or  astray  upon  any  of  the 
streets  of  this  city.  Also,  provided,  that  any  person  may  take  charge  of  any 
horse,  mare,  gelding  or  mule,  either  under  saddle  or  in  haroess,  or 
attached  to  a  vehicle,  or  without  either  saddle  or  harness,  found  tres- 
passing and  loose  upon  any  public  street;  but  in  such  case,  said  person  shall 
either  lead,  drive  or  ride  such  horse,  mare,  gelding  or  mule  at  a  pace  not 
faster  than  a  walk,  and  shall  deliver  the  same  to  the  first  Police  Officer  he 
may  see,  and  failing  to  meet  such  officer,  then  at  the  nearest  police  station  to 
the  place  at  which  he  may  have  found  and  taken  possession  of  said  horse, 
mare,  gelding  or  mule,  or  at  the  Public  Pound,  if  such  horse,  mare,  gelding 
or  mule  shall  have  been  found  and  taken  possession  of  nearer  to  said  Public 
Pound  than  to  a  Police  Station.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  Order  [Section]  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  upon  conviction,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  five  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  more  than  six  months,  or  by  both 
such  fine  or  imprisonment.     (As  amended  October  16,  1883,  by  Order  1,742.) 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  July  26,  1880. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 


BOARD   OF   SUPERYISORS.  39 

A.yes— Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  Drake,  Whitney,  Eastman, 
Fraser,  Taylor,  Bayly,  Torrey,  Stetson. 
Absent — Supervisor  Doane. 

JOHN  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  July  28,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OEDEE  No.  1,588. 

BEIiATIVE   TO   THE   CONSTEUCTION   AND  USE  OF   STREETS   AND   SIDEWALKS. 

The  Ptopk  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

STEEETS   AND    SIDEWALK3. 

[Penalty.] 

Section  1.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Order  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor;  and,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  for  not  more  than  six  months,  or  by  both. 

[Sidewalks,  Width  and  Construction.] 

Section  2 .  Every  sidewalk  in  that  portion  of  the  city  lying  east  of  San- 
some  street  and  north  of  Market  street  shall  be  one-sixth  of  the  width  of  the 
street  of  which  it  shall  foi  m  a  part. 

Except  where  sidewalk  of  greater  width  have  heretofore  been  ordered  by 
the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  wholly  or  partially  contructed. 

Provided,  further,  that,  upon  the  petition  of  the  owners  of  one-half  in 
frontage  of  the  lots  and  la-^  ds  fronting  on  any  one  block  in  said  portion  of 
the  city,  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares  may 
allow  the  sidewalks  in  said  block  to  be  constructed  of  the  width  and  in  the 
manner  prescribed  for  that  portion  of  the  city  west  of  Sansome  street  and 
north  of  Market  street. 

Also,  provided,  that  all  sidewalks  constructed  hereafter  on  the  streets  form- 
ing the  water-front  of  this  city  and  county  shall  be  fifteen  feet  in  width. 

In  other  parts  of  the  city  the  width  of  every  sidewalk  shall  be  as  follows: 


40  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

In  any  street  less  than  forty  feet  wide,  one-fifth  the  width  of  the  street, 
except  when  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

In  all  streets  not  less  than  forty  feet  and  less  than  fifty  feet  wide,  ten  feet. 

In  all  streets  not  less  than  fifty  feet  and  less  than  sixty  feet  wide,  thirteen 
feet. 

In  all  streets  not  less  than  sixty  feet  and  less  than  seventy  feet  wide,  fifteen 
fe-t. 

In  all  streets  not  less  than  seventy  feet  and  less  than  eighty  feet  wide, 
eighteen  feet. 

In  all  streets  not  less  than  eighty  feet  and  less  than  one  hundred  feet  wide, 
nineteen  feet. 

In  all  streets  one  hundred  or  more  feet  wide,  twenty-two  feet. 

Provided,  that  the  sidewalks  in  Valencia  street,  between  Market  and 
Twenty-sixth  streets;  in  Mission  (except  from  Twenty-third  to  Twenty-fourth 
street),  Howard,  Folsom  and  Harrison  streets,  southwest  of  Ninth  street; 
Alameda,  El  Dorado,  Santa  Clara,  Mariposa,  Solano,  Butte  and  Napa  streets, 
from  Potrero  avenue  to  Harrison  street;  Jersey,  Hampshire,  York,  Florida  and 
Columbia  streets,  from  Napa  street  to  Channel  street,  and  in  Sixteenth  street, 
shall  be  fifteen  feet  wide. 

In  Mission  street,  between  Twenty-third  and  Twenty-fourth  streets,  fifteen 
feet  and  six  inches  wide. 

Every  sidewalk  shall  be  constructed  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Superinten- 
dent of  Public  Streets  and  Highways,  so  as  to  have  an  even  surface,  and  shall 
rise  from  the  curb  at  the  rate  of  one-fifth  of  an  inch  to  every  foot  of  width. 
All  plank  sidewalks  shall  be  constructed  of  plank  at  least  two  inches  in  thick- 
ness, well  spiked  down  to  each  sill. 

The  sills  of  the  plank  sidewalks  shall  be  of  redwood,  at  least  three  inches 
thick  and  six  inches  wide,  and  shall  be  placed  not  more  than  three  feet  apart. 


[Sidewalks  in  Certain  Streets  to  be  of  Brick,  Stone  or  Asphaltum.] 

Section  3.    All  sidewalks  which  may  hereafter  be  laid  down  on: 

Kearny,  Montgomery,  Sansome,  Battery  and  Front  streets,  between  Broad- 
way and  Market  streets ; 

*  Jackson,  Washington,  Merchant,  Clay,  Commercial,  Sacramento,  California, 
Pine  and  Bush  streets,  between  Kearny  and  Front  streets; 

Sutter,  Post,   Geary  and  O'Farrell  streets,  between  Market  and  Powell 
streets;     - 

Second,  Third,   Fourth  and  Fifth  streets,  between  Market  and  Folsom 
streets; 

Market  street,  between  First  and  Sixth  and  Battery  and  Taylor  streets; 

Montgomery  avenue,  between  Montgomery  and  Stockton  streets; 

Shall  be  constructed  of  the  best  quality  of  stone  flagging  or  asphaltum. 


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[Curbs  of  Sidewalks— How  Constructed.] 

Section  4.  The  curb  of  every  sidewalk  shall  correspond  to  the  official 
grade  of  the  street  of  whioh  such  sidewalk  shall  form  a  part,  except  when 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors;  and  the  curb  of  every  angular 
corner  shall  be  constructed  with  a  radius,  so  as  to  meet  and  conform  to  the 
■curb  of  the  intersecting  streets.  In  paved  or  macadamized  streets  within 
the  fire  limits  the  curbs  of  the  sidewalks  shall  be  of  cut  or  hammered  stone — 
every  stone,  if  laid  on  a  brick  or  stone  wall,  being  at  least  eight  inches  square 
and,  if  not  laid  on  such  wall,  at  least  six  inches  in  thickness,  bixteen 
inches  in  depth  and  four  feet  in  length.  All  wooden  curbs  of  sidewalks 
shall  be  constructed  of  redwood  planks  not  less  than  four  inches  in  thickness, 
sixteen  inches  in  width  and  six  feet  in  length. 

[Buildings  not  to  Extend  over  Line  of  Streets — Proviso:  Porches,  Doorways,  Windows.] 

Section  5.  No  person  shall  maintain,  or  construct,  or  place,  or  cause  to 
be  constructed  or  placed,  on  premises  belonging  to  him,  or  in  his  possession, 
or  under  his  control,  any  building  which  shall  extend  over  the  line  of  the 
street,  without  permission  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

[Areas  and  Vaults  under  Sidewalks,  Sidewalks  over  Vaults,  etc.— How  Constructed.] 

Section  6.  No  person  shall  construct,  or  cause  or  suffer  to  be  constructed, 
nuder  the  sidewalk  adjoining  any  premises  belonging  to  him,  or  in  his 
possession,  or  under  his  control,  any  area  or  vault,  except  in  couformity  with 
the  following  specifications: 

1.  Areas  shall  be  constructed  and  used  only  for  the  purpose  of  affording 
light  to  basements  or  cellars,  and  for  receiving  and  shipping  goods  and  mer- 
chandise, and  they  shall  be  securely -enclosed,  and  covered  with  substantial 
gratings  constructed  with  spacts  not  to  exceed  one  inch  in  width  between  the 
bars,  or  thick  dead-light  glass,  permanently  fixed  flush  with  the  surface  of 
the  sidewa'k. 

2.  No  vault  shall  extend  beyond  the  official  line  of  the  sidewalk. 

The  outer  walls  of  such  vaults  shall  be  constructed  under  or  within  the 
official  line  of  the  sidewalk,  and  shall  be  of  brick  or  stone,  or  brick  and  stone 
together,  not  less  than  twelve  inches  in  thickners  in  any  case;  and  if  the 
same  be  more  than  six  feet  in  height,  then  not  less  than  sixteen  inches  in 
thickness  for  the  lower  half  thereof,  and  not  less  than  twelve  inches  in  thick- 
ness for  the  upper  half;  and  all  such  walls  shall  have  footing  courses  pro- 
jecting at  least  six  inches  on  the  inside  thereof. 

All  sidewalks  over  vaults  or  areas  shall  be  securely  supported  by  arches 
constructed  of  brick,  stone  or  iron,  so  as  to  be  capable  of  sustaining  at  least 
600  pounds  weight  to  every  superficial  foot  thereof,  and  the  use  of  wood  to 
sustain  or  support  sidewalks  over  vaults  or  areas  is  hereby  prohibited. 


42  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF  THE 

No  aperture  through  the  sidewalk  into  a  vault  shall  exceed  a  superficial  area 
of  twenty-four  square  feet. 

Every  such  aperture  shall  be  covered  with  an  iron  cover,  and  shall  be 
securely  closed  when  not  in  actual  use. 

Every  such  cover  shall  have  a  bearing  of  at  least  one  inch,  and  shall  be  so 
placed  as  to  be  flush  with  the  surface  of  the  sidewalk. 

[Entrance  to  Building,  Descent  and  Ascent— How  Constructed.] 

Section  7.  No  person  owning  or  having  the  control  of  any  building  shall 
maintain  any  approach  or  entrance  thereto  from  the  sidewalk,  except  irt 
accordance  with  the  following  provisions: 

1.  No  entrance  which  shall  be  a  descent  from  the  sidewalk  shall  occupy- 
more  than  three-tenths  of  the  width  of  the  sidewalk,  nor  more  than  four 
feet  thereof. 

Every  such  entrance  in  general  use  shall  be  inclosed  with  a  permanent  rail- 
ing at  least  three  feet  high. 

Every  such  entrance  not  in  general  use  shall  be  securely  covered  at  all 
times  during  the  night,  and  at  all  times  during  the  day  when  not  in  actual 
use. 

2.  No  approach  to  a  building  which  shall  be  an  ascent  from  the  sidewalk 
shall  occupy  more  than  three  tenths  of  the  width  of  the  sidewalk  nor  more 
than  four  feet  thereof,  nor  be  more  than  five  feet  in  height,  and  shall  be  pro- 
tected by  balusters  and  railing,  built  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares. 

[Awnings,  Shades  and  Balconies.— How  Constructed.] 

Section  8.  No  person  owning  or  occupying  any  building  fronting  upon 
any  public  street,  shall  construct,  or  cause  to  be  constructed  or  maintained, 
any  awning,  shade  or  balcony  before  such  building  and  extending  over  the 
sidewalk,  except  in  accordance  with  the  following  provisions: 

1.  Such  awning,  balcony  or  shade  shall  be  securely  placed  and  supported 
without  posts . 

2.  The  lowest  part  thereof  shall  be  at  least  ten  feet  above  the  level  of  the 
curb. 

3.  Every  awning,  shade  or  balcony,  not  extending  to  the  line  of  the  curb, 
shall  have  a  gutter  and  a  spout  to  conduct  the  water  to  the  building,  and 
thence  to  the  outer  line  of  the  sidewalk. 

4.  No  awning,  shade  or  balcony  shall  extend  beyond  the  outer  line  of  the 
sidewalk. 

[Signs,  Advertisements  and  Flags  on  or  over  Streets  and  Sidewalks.] 

Section  9.  No  person  owning  or  ocupying  any  building  or  premises  front- 
ing upon  a  public  street  shall: 


BOARD   OF   SUPERYISORS.  4S 

Place  or  cause  to  be  placed,  or  maintain,  or  suffer,  upon  the  street  or  side- 
walk in  front  of  such  building  or  premises,  any  sign  or  advertisement,  except 
such  as  occupy  no  space; 

Place  or  cause  to  be  placed,  maintain  or  suffer,  upon  the  front  of  any  build- 
ing or  premises,  any  sign  or  advertisement  which  shall  project  over  or  upon 
the  sidewalk,  and  all  signs  shall  be  securely  fastened  to  the  wall  of  such 
building  for  their  whole  length  in  such  a  manner  as  shall  be  satisfactory  to 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets; 

Suspend  or  cause  to  be  suspended,  maintain,  or  suffer,  over  the  street  or 
sidewalk  in  front  of  any  building  or  premises,  any  sign,  advertisement  or  flag, 
except  upon  holidays,  election  days  and  days  of  public  parade  or  display,  and 
then  only  when  the  same  shall  be  secured  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to  the 
Superintendent  of  Streets. 

All  persons  maintaining  or  having  a  sign  or  advertisement  upon  or  above 
the  front  of  or  on  any  portion  of  any  building  or  premises  of  which  he  is  the 
owner  or  occupant,  or  over  which  he  has  control,  shall,  upon  notice  from  tha 
Superintendent  of  Streets,  cause  such  sign  or  advertisement  to  be  placed, 
secured  and  fastened  in  such  manner  as  the  said  Superintendent  of  Streets 
may  direct.  And  failing  to  comply  with  the  notification  and  direction  of  said 
Superintendent,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  that  officer  to  cause  the  removal  forth- 
with of  such  sign  or  advertisement  as  being  dangerous  to  life  and  limb.  (Aa 
amended  April  5,  1882,  by  Order  1,668.) 

[Piling  or  Capping  Street  without  Permission  Forbidden.] 

Section  10.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  without  per- 
mission from  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  to  pile,  cap  or  otherwise  obstruct  any 
street  or  portion  of  any  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court,  laid  down  and 
designated  upon  the  official  map  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
or  declared  an  open  public  street  by  any  resolution  or  order  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors,  whether  such  street  be  graded  or  otherwise. 

Every  day  during  which  any  pile  or  piles,  cap  or  caps,  or  other  obstruc- 
tions, unlawfully  placed  in  any  portion  of  any  of  the  streets  aforesaid,  shall 
be  allowed  to  remain  there  by  the  person  or  persons  so  unlawfully  placing 
them  there,  after  notice  from  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets  and  High- 
ways to  remove  the  same,  shall  constitute  a  new  offense. 

[Owners  or  Occupants  of  Premises  must  not  permit  Dirt,  etc.,  to  remain  on  Street  in  Front 
thereof— Obstructions  Forbidden.] 

Section  11.  No  person  shall  put,  place  or  suffer  to  remain  anywhere  upon 
a  public  way,  street  or  highway,  and  no  person  owning,  occupying  or  having 
control  of  any  premises  shall  suffer  to  be  or  remain  in  front  thereof,  upon 
the  sidewalk  or  the  half  of  the  street  or  way  next  to  such  premises,  any 
broken  ware,  glass,  filth,  rubbish,  refuse  papers,  garbage  or  dirt  at  any  time. 


44  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

The  owner  or  owners,  tenant  or  tenants,  occupant  or  occupants,  or  lessee  of 
any  building,  land  or  premises,  if  required  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Streets,  Highways  and  Squares,  shall,  within  three  days  after  notice,  at  his 
her  or  their  own  expense,  remove  all  earth;  sand,  rock,  stones,  dust,  filth, 
rubbish,  garbage,  hay,  straw  and  matter  that  may  have  accumulated  in  front 
of  his,  her  or  their  said  building,  land  or  premises,  from  the  line  of  said 
property  to  the  center  of  the  street. 

No  person  shall  place  or  caused  to  be  placed,  anywhere  upon  any  public 
way,  street  or  sidewalk,  and  no  person  owning,  occupying  or  having  the  con- 
trol of  any  premises,  shall  suffer  to  remain  in  front  thereof,  upon  the  side- 
walk or  the  half  of  the  street  or  way  next  to  such  premises,  anything  which 
shall  obstruct  the  passage  of  such  street  or  sidewalk  for  more  than  one  hour 
at  a  time. 

[Provisions  of  the  Previous  Section — When  not  Applicable.] 

Section  12.    The  preceding  section  shall  not  apply  to: 

1.  Goods  or  merchandise  in  actual  course  of  receipt,  delivery  or  removal; 

2.  Lamp-posts  or  hydrants  erected  by  permission  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
Tisors ; 

3.  Ornamental  trees  planted  along  the  outer  line  of  the  sidewalk,  within 
ihe  curbs; 

4.  Barriers  for  the  protection  of  ornamental  trees; 

5.  Watering  troughs,  placed  by  permission  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors* 
upon  sidewalks,  for  the  accommodation  of  the  public; 

6.  Materials  being  used  in  the  construction  or  repair  of  any  building,  if 
such  materials  shall  not  occupy  more  than  one-third  of  the  whole  width  of 
the  street  in  front  of  such  building  and  if  notice  in  writing  of  the  intention 
of  the  person  by  or  for  whom  such  construction  or  repair  may  be  made,  to 
deposit  materials  upon  the  street,  shall  have  been  previously  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares.  (As 
amended  March  29,  1881.— Order  No.  1623.) 

[Temporary  Sidewalks  must  be  Laid  in  Front  of  Buildings  being  Erected.] 

SEonoN  13.  It  shiU  be  unlawful  to  continue  the  erection  of  any  building, 
•within  the  fire  limits,  or  cover  the  same  with  mastic  or  other  coating  of  mor- 
tar, unless  a  temporary  or  permanent  sidewalk  shall  be  laid  on  the  outer  half 
of  the  width  of  the  sidewalk,  next  the  curb,  for  the  use  of  foot  passengers, 
and  unless  a  good,  strong  fence,  at  least  twelve  feet  high,  shall  be  erected  in- 
closing the  inner  half  of  the  width  of  the  sidewalk,  so  as  to  afford  foot  pas- 
sengers protection  from  falling  brick,  timber,  mortar  and  debris  from  said 
building.  Such  sidewalk  shall  be  constructed,  and  all  building  operations 
«hall  be  conducted,  so  that  foot  passengers  shall  have  a  free  and  unobstructed 
passage  over  at  least  the  outer  one-half  of  the  official  width  of  the  sidewalk 


BOARD   OF   SUPERYISORS.  45 

next  the  curb.  No  excavation  of  sidewalks  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be 
made  unless  a  permit,  in  writing,  shall  previously  have  been  obtained  from 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  which  permit  shall  not  in  any  case  be 
for  a  longer  period  than  fifteen  days,  and  shall  provide  for  a  strict  compliance 
with  all  the  conditions  of  this  Section.  (As  amended  May  1,  1881,  by 
Order  No.  1714.) 

[Barriers  in  Front  of  Premises  below  Grade,] 

Section  14.  Any  person  owning  or  having  the  control  of  any  premises 
fronting  on  a  public  street  and  below  the  grade  thereof,  shall,  within  five  days 
after  notice  from  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares 
requiring  him  to  do  so,  and  without  expense  to  the  city  and  county,  erect 
suitable  barricades  upon  the  inner  line  of  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  such 
premises. 

[Barriers  around  Dangerous  Portions  of  Street— Lighted  Lanterns  to  be  maintained  at  Night.] 

Section  15.  Any  person  by  whom,  or  under  whose  immediate  direction, 
or  by  whose  immediate  authority,  as  principal  or  as  contractor  or  employer, 
any  portion  of  a  public  street  may  be  made  dangerous,  shall: 

Erect,  and,  so  long  as  the  danger  may  continue,  maintain  around  the  por- 
tion of  the  street  or  highway  so  made  dangerous,  a  good  and  substantial 
barrier; 

Cause  to  be  maintained  during  every  night,  from  sunset  till  daylight,  a 
lighted  lantern  at  the  ends  of  a  portion  of  a  street  so  made  dangerous,  and 
every  side  of  a  street-crossing  so  made  dangerous. 

•      [Breaking  up  of  Surface  of  Street— Streets  broken  up  to  be  put  in  Good  Condition.] 

Section  16.     No  person  shall,  in  any  manner  or  for  any  purpose: 

Break  up,  dig  up,  disturb,  undermine  or  dig  under,  or  cause  to  be  dug  up, 
broken  up,  disturbed,  undermined  or  dug  under,  any  public  street,  highway 
or  place; 

Tear  up,  break  or  loosen  any  stones,  lumber,  planks,  blocks  or  materials 
of  a  street  or  alley; 

Take  or  carry  away  any  stones,  lumber,  planks,  blocks  or  materials  of  a 
street  or  alley;  or  any  free  or  loosened  stones,  lumber,  planks,  blocks  or 
materials  of  a  street  or  alley ; 

Fill  in,  put,  place  thereon,  or  deposit  in  or  upon  any  public  street,  high- 
way or  place,  any  earth,  sand,  dirt,  clay,  manure  or  rock; 

Without  the  permission  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways 
and  Squares: 

Except  the  duly  authorized  agents  of  corporations  duly  organized  for  the 
purpose  of  supplying  this  city  and  its  inhabitants  with  water  or  gas,  or  rail- 


46  GENERAL   ORDERS  OF  THE 

road  corporations,  whenever  the  right  of  way  shall  have  vested  in  such  cor- 
porations, when  they  shall  find  it  necessary  to  dig  up,  break,  disturb,  dig 
under  or  undermine  a  public  street,  highway  or  place,  for  the  purpose  of 
laying  or  gaining  access  to  their  pipes  and  mains. 

Any  person  who,  being  permitted  or  authorized  so  to  do,  as  aforesaid,  shall 
have  broken  up,  dug  up,  disturbed,  undermined  or  dug  under  any  public 
street,  highway  or  place,  shall  as  soon  as  possible  complete  the  work  for 
which  said  street,  highway  or  place  shall  have  been  so  broken  up,  dug  up, 
disturbed,  dug  under  or  undermined,  and  shall  without  delay  put  the  street, 
highway  or  place  in  as  good  condition  as  it  was  before  it  was  so  broken  up, 
dug  up,  disturbed,  dug  under  or  undermined,  and  remove  all  surplut?  sand, 
clay,  earth,  dirt,  manure  or  rubbish. 

[Construction  of  Branch  Sewers  and  Dra'ns -Permits  Required.] 

Section  17.  No  person  or  persons  shall  connect  a  branch  sewer  or  drain 
with  the  main  sewer  in  a  public  street,  or  shall  place  an  asphaltum  tank, 
Tjoiler  or  kettle  upon  a  public  street  for  any  purpose  whatever,  nor  shall  place 
any  materials  for  use  in  the  construction  or  repair  of  any  building,  upon  any 
public  street,  without  first  obtaining  a  written  permit  from  the  Superintend- 
ent or  Deputy  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares, 
which  permit  shall  designate,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  kind  of  material  to  be 
used  in  the  construction  of  the  branch  sewer  or  drain,  and  in  what  manner 
the  same  shall  be  connected  with  the  main  sewer;  the  locality  where  said 
asphaltum  tanks,  boilers  or  kettles  shall  be  placed,  and  the  kind  and  char- 
acter of  work  to  be  performed,  and  the  locality  where  materials  to  be  used  in 
the  construction  and  repair  of  a  building  may  be  placed. 

The  party  or  parties  applying  for  such  permit,  before  receiving  the  same, 
shall  deposit  with  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  etc.,  the  sum  of 
thirty  dollars  in  gold  coin,  as  security  to  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco that  said  party  or  parties  so  depositing  will  construct  said  branch  sewer 
or  drain  according  to  the  directions  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  Superin- 
tendent of  Streets,  etc.;  or  construct  or  perform  asphaltum  work,  and  remove 
asphaltum  tanks,  boilers  or  kettles  from  the  street;  or  complete  the  construc- 
tion or  repair  of  the  building,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  remove  the  dirt,  debris 
and  materials  from  the  street. 

And  in  all  cases  of  tearing  up  or  disturbing  a  street,  or  in  the  construction, 
etc.,  of  a  branch  sewer  or  drain,  that  portion  of  the  street  torn  up  or  dis- 
turbed shall,  on  the  completion  of  the  work,  be  placed  in  as  good  condition 
as  it  was  at  the  commencement  of  the  work,  and  all  depressions,  etc.,  occur- 
ring, or  repairs  which  may  be  necessary,  during  a  period  of  ninety  days 
thereafter,  shall  be  immediately  performed  by  the  party  or  parties  who 
obtained  a  permit  to  tear  up  or  disturb  the  street,  so  that  at  the  expiration 
of  said  period  the  contour  of  that  portion  of  the  street  shall  correspond  and 
be  similar  to  the  remaining  portion  of  the  roadway. 


BOAED   OF   SUPERVISORS.  47 

The  party  or  parties  obtainiug  this  permit  shall  prosecute  said  work  with- 
out unnecessary  delay,  and  shall  at  the  time  specified  within  said  permit,  or 
upon  completion  of  said  work,  if  sooner  performed,  leave  the  street  in  as  good 
condition  as  it  was  at  the  commencement  of  the  work. 

And  in  the  event  that  the  party  or  parties  so  depositing,  or  their  agent  or 
employees,  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  any  or  all  of  the  above- 
named  conditions,  and  such  other  conditions  as  may  be  imposed  by  said 
Superintendent  of  Pablic  Streets,  etc.,  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion, then  it  shall  be  and  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  said  Superintendent 
of  Streets,  etc.,  to  use  so  much  of  the  above-named  deposit  as  he  may  find 
necessary  to  place  the  street  in  as  good  a  condition  as  it  was  before  the  com- 
mencement of  the  work,  refunding  to  the  party  so  depositing  any  unex- 
pended portion  of  any  such  money  deposited,  or  all  thereof,  in  the  event  of 
the  work  being  satisfactorily  performed  without  expenditure  from  such 
deposit,  provided  that  no  money  so  deposited  and  remaining  unexpended  shall 
be  returned  within  a  period  of  ninety  days  after  the  completion  of  the  work 
for  which  the  permit  was  granted, 

[Streets;  Certain  Limits— How  Macadamized.] 

Section  18.  When  any  public  street  or  highway  in  that  portion  of  said 
city  and  county  lying  east  of  Jones  and  Seventh  streets,  shall  be  ordered  to 
be  macadamized,  the  road-bed  shall  be  properly  formed  so  that  the  cross- 
section  thereof  shall  conform  to  the  cross-section  of  the  street  when  macad- 
amized; the  work  shall  be  done  with  blue  gneiss  or  trap  rock,  and  shall  be 
fourteen  (14)  inches  in  thickness  in  the  center  of  the  street,  and  shall  be 
ten  (10)  inches  in  thickness  at  the  sides,  and  shall  rise  at  the  rate  of  one- 
half  inch  to  every  foot  from  the  curb  to  the  center  line  of  the  street,  so  as  to 
form  a  proper  crown,  to  be  well  watered,  and  then  to  be  well  rolled  down 
with  a  roller  of  at  least  two  thousand  pounds  in  weight. 

"When  any  public  street  or  highway  in  that  portion  of  said  city  and  county 
lying  west  of  Jones  and  Seventh  streets  shall  be  ordered  to  be  macadamized, 
the  work  shall  be  done  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  except  that  in  addition 
to  said  blue  gneiss  and  trap  rock,  the  best  quality  of  red  rock  maybe  used. 

No  street  or  highway,  ordered  to  be  macadamized,  shall  be  accepted  by  the 
city  and  county  unless  the  work  shall  be  performed  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 

streets  within  Certain  Limits  Not  to  be  Laid  with  Plank,  and  Penalty  for  Violation.] 

Section  19.  No  person  shall  lay,  or  cause  to  be  laid  anew,  with  plank,  the 
roadway  of  any  portion  of  a  public  street  or  highway  within  that  portion  of 
this  city  and  county  bounded  by  a  line  commencing  at  a  point  where  the  east- 
erly line  of  Front  street  intersects  the  northwesterly  line  of  JMarket  street, 
and  running  thence  along  said  easterly  line  of  Front  street  to  the  northerly 


48  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

line  of  Vallejo  street;  thence  along  the  northerly  line  of  Vallejo  street  to  the 
westerly  line  of  Battery  street;  thence  along  the  westerly  line  of  Battery 
street  to  the  northerly  line  of  Pacific  street;  thence  along  the  northerly  line 
of  Pacific  street  to  the  easterly  line  of  Dupont  street;  thence  along  the  east- 
terly  line  of  Dupont  street  to  the  northerly  line  of  Filbert  street;  thence  along 
the  northerly  line  of  Filbert  street  to  the  westerly  line  of  Powell  street; 
thence  along  the  westerly  line  of  Powell  street  to  the  southerly  line  of  Clay 
street;  thence  along  the  southerly  line  of  Clay  street  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Stockton  street;  thence  along  the  westerly  line  of  Stockton  street  and  its 
continuation  to  the  southeasterly  line  of  Market  street;  thence  along  the 
southeasterly  line  of  Market  street  to  the  southwesterly  line  of  Fourth  street; 
thence  along  the  southwesterly  line  of  Fourth  street  to  the  southeasterly  line 
of  Harrison  street;  thence  along  the  southeasterly  line  of  Harrison  street  to 
the  northeasterly  line  of  Third  street;  thence  along  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Third  street  to  the  southeasterly  line  of  Folsom  street;  thence  along  the 
southeasterly  line  of  Folsom  street  to  the  northeasterly  line  of  Fremont 
street;  thence  along  the  northeasterly  line  of  Fremont  street  and  its  continu- 
ation to  the  northwesterly  line  of  Market  street;  and  thence  along  the  north- 
'westerly  line  of  Market  street  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Every  day  the  planking  so  laid  anew  shall  remain  in  (he  street  shall  be 
deemed  a  separate  offense. 

[Cobble  Stone  Pavement,  how  Constructed— Inspection  of   Stones  by  Superintendent  of 

Streets.] 

Section  20.  All  public  streets  and  highways,  when  ordered  to  be  paved 
with  cobble  stones,  shall  be  paved  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
section. 

None  but  well-selected  cobble  stones,  not  more  than  nine  inches,  nor  less 
than  seven  inches  in  length,  shall  be  used.  The  stones  shall  be  set  upright, 
closely  and  compactly,  with  the  smaller  end  downward,  in  a  bed  of  good,  clean,, 
sand,  not  less  than  twelve  inches  in  depth.  After  being  set,  the  stones  shall 
be  well  rammed  down,  not  less  than  three  times,  and  shall  be  well  watered 
immediately  before  the  last  ramming;  and  after  being  so  rammed,  the  paving 
shall  be  swept  clean,  and  again  well  watered,  and  then  covered  to  the  depth 
of  two  inches  with  beach  gravel  or  finely-broken  blue  gneiss  rock. 

Where  repairing  is  ordered,  the  old  cobble  stones  shall  be  used  where  prac- 
ticable. 

The  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets  and  Highways  shall,  before  any  cob- 
ble stones  are  laid  down,  carefully  inspect  such  stones,  and  throw  out  and 
exclude  all  round  and  imperfect  stone,  and  such  as  do  not  conform  to  the 
dimensions  above  specified. 

[Crown  of  Roadway.] 

Section  21.  All  public  streets  and  highways,  when  finished,  whether 
paved  or  planked,  shall  have  a  crown  from  the  bottom  of  the  gutters  to  the 
middle  of  the  roadway  of  at  least  seven  inches. 


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^Street  and  Street  Crossing,  how  Improved,  Portions  of  Streets  Paved,  etc.,  excepted  from 
Order,  to  Conform  to  Portion  not  excepted.] 

Section  22.  In  all  cases  where  a  street  or  portion  of  a  street,  or  street 
crossing,  is  or  shall  be  ordered  to  be  paved,  planked  or  macadamized,  the 
same  shall  be  so  paved,  planked  or  macadamized  throughout  the  whole  extent 
of  said  crossing  and  between  the  main  crossings  of  any  portions  of  said 
street. 

In  all  cases  where  any  street  or  portion  of  a  street,  or  street  crossing,  has 
been  ordered  to  be  paved,  planked  or  macadamized,  and  any  portion  thereof 
has  been  excepted  from  the  provisions  of  the  order,  such  excepted  portion 
shall  forthwith  be  made  to  conform  to  the  portion  not  excepted. 

[Superintendent  of 'Streets  to  Inspect  Streets  when  Repaved  or  Replanted  by  Parties  laying 
down  Gas  or  Water  Pipes.] 

Section  23.  In  case  any  person  or  persons,  corporation  or  corporations, 
association  or  associations,  desiring  to  lay  down  in  the  streets  of  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  pipes  used  for  the  flow  of  gas  or  water,  shall  take 
up  and  lay  down  any  part  or  parcel  of  street  pavement,  or  planking,  they 
shall  notify,  in  writing,  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets;  then  and  in 
that  case,  it  shall  be  and  is  hereby  made  his  duty  to  personally  inspect  the 
work  done,  and  if,  in  his  judgment,  the  same  be  imperfect,  or  the  contour  of 
the  pavement  be  broken,  then  and  in  that  event  he  shall  cause  the  said  por- 
tion of  said  street  pavement  or  planking  to  be  relaid  and  constructed,  and 
the  expense  therefor  shall  be  charged  against  the  person  or  persons,  corpora- 
tion or  corporations,  who  may  desire  or  be  requested  to  lay  down  pipes  used 
for  the  flow  of  gas  or  water. 

[Prohibition  against  Privilege  being  Granted  in  certain  cases.] 

Section  24.  Permission  shall  not  be  given  hereafter  to  any  person  or  per- 
sons, corporation  or  corporations  to  lay  down,  in  the  streets  of  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  pipes  used  for  the  flow  of  gas  or  water,  if  any  sum 
or  sums  of  money  remain  unpaid  for  the  proper  repair  of  the  street  pave- 
ments injured  and  defaced  by  the  laying  of  gas  or  water  pipes. 

[Acceptance  of  Streets  and  Crossings— Requisites  to.] 

Section  25.  The  material  hereafter  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of  pave- 
ments, shall  be  stone  blocks,  and  no  street  or  portion  of  a  street  shall  be 
accepted  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  unless  such  street,  or  portion  of  a 
street,  at  the  time  of  such  proposed  acceptance,  is  properly  curbed  with  stone 
and  paved  with  stone  blocks,  and  also  properly  sewered  with  brick,  or  cement, 
or  earthen  pipe  (where  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  a  cement 
or  earthen  pipe  sewer  is  sufficient  and  proper  for  the  locality),  with  suitable 

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50  GENERAL    ORDERS   OF   THE 

manholes  or  covers,  having  also  cement  pipe  side  sewer  connections,  made  at 
distances  not  less  than  twenty-fiVe  feet  apart  on  each  side  of  said  sewer,  and 
such  cement  pipe  side  sewers  shall  be  at  least  six  inches  in  diameter  in  the 
clear,  and  constructed  and  carried  up  under  the  curb  of  the  sidewalk ;  pro- 
vided, that  the  owners  of  corner  lots  shall  only  be  required  to  construct  said 
cement  pipe  side  sewer  connections  on  the  front  of  said  lots. 

No  street  crossing  shall  be  accepted  unless  such  crossing,  at  the  time  of 
such  proposed  acceptance,  is  properly  sewered  with  brick,  having  a  suitable 
manhole  and  cover,  is  properly  curbed  with  stone  and  paved  with  stone 
blocks,  and  has  suitable  sidewalks  at  the  angular  corners  thereof,  and  has 
suitable  crosswalks,  cesspools  and  culverts.  The  acceptance  of  all  streets, 
portions  of  streets,  and  street  crossings,  shall  be  by  resolution  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets  and  Highways,  and  the 
Committee  on  Streets,  Wharves,  Grades  and  Public  Squares.  No  gravel, 
soil  or  other  material  shall  be  put  or  spread  upon  any  newly- paved  street  pr 
portion  of  a  street,  until  such  street  or  portion  of  a  street  so  newly  paved 
shall  have  been  inspected  and  approved  by  the  Superintendent  of  Streets, 
etc .,  and  the  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  on  Streets,  Wharves, 
€tc.;  provided,  no  such  new  paving  shall  be  accepted  while  such  gravel,  soil 
or  other  material  so  put  or  spread  thereon  shall  remain  thereon.  All  materials 
used  for  pavement  of  streets,  to  be  accepted  by  this  city  and  county,  must  be 
of  qualities  approved  by  the  Superintendent  of  Streets,  etc.,  and  the  Com- 
mittee on  Streets,  Wharves,  Grades  and  Public  Squares. 

[Open  Public  Streets  and  Highways,] 

Section  26.  All  the  original  streets  now  laid  down  upon  the  oflficial  map  of 
this  city  and  county  west  of  Larkin  and  southwest  of  Ninth  streets,  in 
accordance  with  the  condition  of  the  ordinance  of  the  Common  Council  of 
said  city,  approved  June  20,  1855,  entitled*  "An  Ordinance  for  the  settlement 
and  quieting  of  land  titles,"  are  hereby  declared  to  be  open  public  streets 
and  highways,  and  all  the  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  places  or  courts,  as  laid  down 
on  the  map.  now  in  the  office  of  the  City  and  County  Surveyor,  which  was 
made  official  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  as  per  Order  No.  684,  January  30, 
1866,  signed  by  George  C.  Potter  and  Thaddeus  B.  Brooks,  and  on  the  map 
now  in  the  office  of  the  said  City  and  County  Surveyor,  which  was  made 
official  by  the  said  Board  of  Supervisors,  as  per  Order  No.  966,  October  25, 
1870,  and  all  other  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  places  or  courts  now  dedicated  or 
open  to  public  use,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  open  public  streets,  lanes, 
alleys,  places  or  courts. 

[Destruction  or  Removal  of  Street  Monuments;  Monuments  to  be  Removed  by  the  Surveyor.] 

Section  27 .  No  person  shall  destroy  or  remove  any  monument  erected  or 
placed  by  the  Board  of  City  Engineers  or  the  City  and  County  Surveyor. 


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If  it  shall  become  necessary  for  any  person  in  the  pursuit  of  any  lawful 
purpose  to  have  any  such  monument  removed,  notice  of  such  necessity  shall 
be  given  to  the  City  and  County  Surveyor.  Said  surveyor  shall  proceed 
forthwith,  at  the  cost  of  the  person  requiring  such  removal,  to  remove  such 
monument,  and  place  the  same  in  its  original  position  as  soon  as  the  object 
fihall  be  attained  for  which  the  removal  shall  have  been  made. 


[Service  of  Notice  by  Superintendent  of  Streets  requiring-  Improvement  of  Street  Work.] 

Section  28.  Whenever  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways 
«.nd  Squares  shall  deem  it  necessary  for  the  public  good  or  convenience  to 
order  the  improvement  of  the  roadway  or  sidewalks  of  any  public  street,  lane, 
alley,  place  or  court  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  not  accepted 
by  the  city,  or  the  reconstruction  or  repair  of  any  sewer  already  constructed 
therein,  he  shall  serve  notice  in  writing  upon  the  owners,  tenants  or  occu- 
pants of  the  lots  or  portions  of  lots  fronting  upon  such  street,  lane,  alley, 
place  or  court  upon  or  in  which  the  above-named  improvement,  reconstruction 
•or  repair  is  required  to  be  made,  and  the  owner,  tenant  or  occupant  of  lots  or 
portions  of  lots  so  notified  as  aforesaid  shall,  within  five  days  after  receiving 
such  notice,  commence  such  improvement,  reconstruction  or  repair,  and 
prosecute  the  same  diligently  until  completion.  (As  amended  April  2, 
1883,  by  Order  1711.) 

[Hitching  Posts  to  be  Erected  when  Ordered  by  Superintendent  of  Streets.] 

Section  29.  The  owner  or  lessee,  tenant  or  occupant  of  any  building 
fronting  on  any  of  the  main  streets  of  this  city  and  county,  when  ordered  by 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets  or  Highways,  shall  erect  and  maintain 
in  good  order,  in  front  of  such  building,  by  securely  fastening  in  the  outer 
line  of  the  sidewalk  along  the  said  streets,  a  good,  substantial  hitching  post 
with  a  ring.  No  such  post  shall  be  less  than  three  feet  in  height,  or  less  than 
six,  or  more  than  eight  inches  in  diameter. 

Every  day's  neglect  to  erect  such  a  post,  after  receiving  froni  said  Super- 
intendent notice  to  so  do,  shall  be  deemed  a  new  offsnse. 

[Injury  or  Removal  of  Hitching  Posts.] 

Section  30.  No  person  shall  break,  injure,  remove  or  displace  without 
lawful  authority, 

1.  Any  ornamental  tree  planted  near  the  outer  line  of  the  sidewalk  within 
the  curb,  or  any  barrier  or  tree-box  erected  for  the  protection  of  such  tree; 

2.  Any  hitching  post  erected  or  maintained  in  said  city  and  county  for  the 
purpose  of  hitching  horses  or  other  animals  thereto.  (As  amended  August 
16,  1831,  by  Order  No.  1643.) 


52  .  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF  THE 

[Removal  of  Vehicles  by  the  Chief  of  Police,  etc.— Disposition  of  Vehicles  and  Proceeds  ot 

Sale,  etc.] 

Section  31.  At  the  request  of  any  resident  of  this  city  and  county,  the- 
Chief  of  Police  shall  take  into  his  custody  or  possession,  and  at  his  discre- 
tion remove  or  cause  to  be  removed  to  some  suitable  place,  any  vehicle  or 
other  article  or  thing,  found  in  any  public  highway,  square  or  place,  in  viola-^ 
tion  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order;  and  immediately  advertise  such 
vehicle,  or  other  article  or  thing,  for  sale,  in  such  manner  and  at  such  desig- 
nated time  and  place,  in  said  city  and  county,  as  he  shall  deem  proper;  and 
shall,  at  the  designated  time  (which  shall  not  be  less  than  five  days  after  the 
commencement  of  such  advertisement)  and  place,  sell  the  same  or  cause  the 
same  to  be  sold  at  public  auction,  for  cash,  to  the  highest  bidder. 

He  shall  not  be  required  to  remove  unwieldy  vehicles  or  other  incum- 
brances, but  may  sell  the  same  upon  the  premises  where  found,  in  the  manner 
and  after  the  advertisements  hereinbefore  provided. 

Such  sale  may  be  had  at  such  place  in  the  City  of  San  Francisco  as  he  may 
deem  proper,  at  any  time  between  the  hours  of  nine  in  the  morning  and  four 
in  the  afternoon,  Sundays  and  holidays  excepted;  and  one  of  the  conditions 
of  said  sale  shall  be  that  the  purchaser  shall  immediately  remove  the  vehicle 
or  other  article  or  thing  sold. 

The  proceeds  arising  from  such  sale,  after  deducting  all  expenses  and 
charges  incurred  therein,  shall  be  retained  by  said  Chief  of  Police,  and  paid 
on  demand  to  the  owner  of  the  article  sold,  upon  proof  of  ownership  to  his 
satisfaction. 

Provided,  that  the  owner  of  any  vehicle  seized  under  the  provisions  of  jU^s 
section  may  reclaim  the  same  at  any  time  before  sale,  upon  paying  all  ex- 
penses incurred  thereon  up  to  the  time  of  such  reclamation; 

Provided,  also,  that  any  article  sold  under  the  provisions  of  this  section 
may  be  redeemed  by  the  owner  thereof,  at  any  time  within  two  calendar 
months  after  such  sale,  upon  his  paying  to  the  purchaser  thereof  the  amount 
paid  by  such  purchaser  therefor,  together  with  fifty  (50)  per  cent,  of  such 
sum  in  addition  thereto; 

Provided,  also,  that  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  be  construed 
to  prevent  the  imposition  of  any  fine  or  penalty  imposed  for  the  violation 
of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

At  the  expiration  of  six  months  after  any  money  is  received  by  said  Chief 
of  Police  from  the  proceeds  of  such  sales,  in  case  the  same  is  not  called  for 
by  the  owner,  the  Chief  of  Police  shall  pay  the  same  over  to  the  City  and 
County  Treasurer,  to  the  credit  of  the  General  Fund;  and  upon  vacating  his 
office  he  shall  pay  over  to  his  successor  any  sum  in  his  hands  arising  from 
such  sales. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets  and  High- 
ways, the  Chief  of  Police  and  Police  Officers,  to  enforce  the  provisions  of 
this  order. 


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[Prohibiting  the  Discharge  of  Coal  Tar  into  the  Public  Sewers.] 

Section  32.  No  person,  company  or  corporation  shall  allow  or  permit  coal 
tar  or  any  other  refuse  substance  created  by  or  consequent  upon  the  manu- 
facture of  gas,  either  from  coal  or  petroleum,  to  flow  into,  or  be  discharged 
or  emptied  in  any  manner  whatever  into,  any  public  sewer  in  the  streets  of 
this  city  and  county,  or  connect  or  maintain  any  side  sewer  or  drain  connec- 
tion with  a  public  sewer  in  the  streets  of  this  city  and  county,  for  the  purpose 
of  conveying  coal  tar  or  other  refuse  substance  as  aforesaid  from  any  building, 
m&nufactory  or  any  other  place  into  any  public  sewer.  (As  amended  May 
%  1882,  by  Order  No.  1,671.) 

[Providing  for  the  driving  down  of  Nails  or  Spikee  protruding  above  Sidewalks.] 

Section  33.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  of  real  property  fronting  on 
streets  where  wooden  sidewalks  are  or  may  hereafter  be  laid,  to  drive  down, 
And  said  owner  and  owners  shall  at  all  times  keep  driven  down,  even  with  the 
upper  surface  of  such  sidewalks  adjoining  his  or  their  said  real  property,  all 
nails  and  spikes  used  in  said  sidewalks. 

[Regulating  the  Construction  of  Railroad  Tracks  on  public  streets,] 

Section  34.  It  shall  be  unlawful  in  the  construction  or  maintenance  of 
street  railroads  under  franchises  granted  to  construct,  lay  down  and  operate 
•street  railroads  in  this  city  and  county, 

First — To  construct  or  maintain  a  turn-table  on  any  public  street  within 
eleven  (11)  feet  of  the  curb  line  of  any  sidewalk  without  the  consent  of  the 
property  owner  or  owners,  in  front  of  which  the  said  turn-table  is  proposed 
to  be  placed. 

Second — To  construct  or  maintain  any  railroad  track  or  tracks  on  the  road- 
way of  a  public  street  within  a  distance  of  eleven  (11)  feet  of  the  curb  line 
of  the  sidewalk. 

Third— To  construct,  maintain  or  operate  more  than  one  railroad  track  on 
the  roadway  of  any  public  street  which  is  less  than  thirty-five  (35)  feet  in 
width.     [As  amended  August  21,  1883,  by  Order  No.  1,729.] 


tRequirlng  all  Parties,  prior  to  performing  Street  Work,  to  Obtain  a  Permit  from  the  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Streets.] 

Section  35.  I.  No  person  or  persons  shall  hereafter  perform,  except  under 
contract  with  the  authorities  of  this  city  and  county,  any  grading,  regrading, 
sewering,  sidewalking,  macadamizing,  or  remacadamizing,  or  repairing,  of 
Any  of  the  work  aforesaid,  upon  the  public  streets  of  the  City  and  County  of 


54:  GENEEAL   ORDERS  OF  THE 

San  Francisco,  without  first  obtaining  from  the  Superintendent  of  Public? 
Streets,  Highways  and  Squares  of  said  city  and  county,  a  permit  authorizing 
said  person  or  persons  to  perform  said  work  or  repairs. 

II.  The  said  Superintendent  shall  in  all  cases,  before  issuiug  said  permit, 
require  a  bond,  with  two  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  in  a  sum  not  less  than 
two  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  from  the  applicant,  conditioned 
that  in  case  of  the  non-fulfillment  of  said  work  in  accordance  with  the  speci- 
fications in  the  office  of  said  Superintendent,  said  sum  shall  be  sued  for  and 
collected  as  liquidated  damages  to  said  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  for 
such  failure  and  neglect,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  and  County 
Attorney  to  sue  for  and  collect  said  sum  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdic^ 
tion,  and  pay  the  same  into  the  City  and  County  Treasury,  to  the  credit  of 
the  Street  Department  Fund.  The  said  Superintendent  shall,  in  a  book  kept 
for  that  purpose,  keep  a  record  of  all  permits  issued  by  him,  and  shall  also 
keep  a  record  and  description  of  all  work  done  under  such  permit. 

III.  Upon  the  failure  of  any  person  to  perform  the  work,  as  required  by 
the  condition  of  the  bond,  the  said  Superintendent  shall  forthwith  deliver 
said  bond  to  the  City  and  County  Attorney,  who  shall  commence  suit 
thereon. 

Any  person  or  persons  performing  or  repairing  any  of  the  work  aforemen- 
tioned upon  said  public  streets,  without  first  obtaining  the  permit  and  exe- 
cuting the  bond  hereinbefore  mentioned,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 


[Persons  Prohibited  from  allowing  Sand  or  Dirt  to  Drift,  etc.,  from  Lots  owned   by  them 

on  Improved  Streets.] 

Section  36.  First — All  persons  shall  prevent  sand  or  dirt  from  drifting  or 
being  blown  or  otherwise  moved  from  all  lots  owned  by  them  into  or  depos- 
ited upon  any  paved,  planked,  or  graded  or  macadamized  street  of  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco. 


[Persons,  on  Notification  from  Superintendent  of  Streets,  Required  to  Construct  Fences  or 
Bulk-heads  around  Lots  owned  by  them.] 

Second — All  persons  owning  or  having  the  control  of  any  premises  front- 
ing on  streets  that  are  paved,  planked  or  macadamized,  situated  in  said  city 
and  county,  shall,  within  five  days  after  notice  from  the  Superintendent  or 
Deputy  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets  and  Highways,  requiring  him  or 
them  so  to  do,  and  without  expense  to  the  city  and  county,  so  construct  fences 
or  bulkheads  around  premises  or  lots  owned  by  them  as  to  prevent  sand  or 
dirt  from  drifting  or  being  blown  or  falling  from  such  lots  or  premises  inta 
or  upon  any  planked,  paved  or  macadamized  street,  or  upon  the  sidewalks- 
thereof. 


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[SuperinteHdent  of  Streets  to  ieep  iRecord  Books.] 

Section  37.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  etc.,  shall  keep  a  full 
and  complete  record  of  all  the  transactions  of  his  office  in  books  prepared 
for  that  purpose,  as  follows : 

[Journal.] 

First — A  Journal,  in  which  shall  be  entered  in  detail  a  full  and  complete 
description  of  all  the  work  done  on  accepted  streets  and  crossings,  upon  all 
squares,  school  lots,  engine  lots,  and  any  other  property  owned  by  the  City 
and  County,  liable  to  assessments  or  charges  for  street  repairs  of  any  kind  or 
description.  In  all  work  done  by  contract,  the  street  or  any  other  property 
on  which  it  may  be  done  or  chargeable  therefor .  shall  be  debited  with  the 
amount  expended,  and  the  contractor  credited  with  the  same,  and  when  the 
demand  for  said  work  is  audited,  the  amount  shall  be  closed  by  an  entry  deb- 
iting the  contractor  and  crediting  the  audited  demands.  For  all  work  done 
and  expenditures  made  under  the  supervision  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Streets,  the  street,  street  crossing,  or  any  other  piece  of  property  belonging 
to  the  city  and  county  on  which  said  work  may  be  done,  or  which  said  work 
may  be  chargeable  thereto,  or  expenditures  made,  shall  be  debited  with  the 
same  and  the  accounts  of  the  different  materials  used  and  labor  shall  be  credited 
with  that  portion  properly  belonging  to  each.  For  all  material  purchased  by 
and  for  use  of  the  Street  Department,  such  as  lumber,  gravel,  cobbles,  etc., 
journal  entries  shall  be  made  debiting  each  kind  with  the  quantity  and  value, 
and  crediting  the  parties  furnishing  the  same.  For  all  stationery  furnished 
the  said  Department  journal  entries  shall  be  made  in  like  form  as  last  above- 
mentioned.  At  the  end  of  each  month  an  entry  shall  be  made  to  the  Salary 
Account,  debiting  it  with  all  the  salaries  paid  the  Superintendent,  Deputies, 
clerks  and  other  employees  in  the  office  of  the  Department,  which  debit  shall 
be  balanced  by  a  credit  to  Audited  Demands. 

[Ledger.] 

Second — A  Ledger,  in  which  shall  be  opened  accounts  with  each  street, 
square,  school  lot,  engine  lot,  and  all  other  property  of  the  city  and  county, 
for  account  of  which  expenditures  are  made  under  the  supervision  of  said 
Department;  also,  an  account  with  each  kind  of  material  purchased  charging 
each  with  all  purchases  and  crediting  it  with  that  used.  All  parties  furnish- 
ing materials,  stationery,  printing,  etc.,  shall  each  be  credited  in  the  Ledger 
with  the  amount  of  materials,  etc.,  so  furnished,  and  when  the  demands  for 
the  same  are  approved  by  the  Superintendent,  the  same  shall  be  debited  to 
the  said  parties  and  credited  to  the  Audited  Demands.  A  Labor  account  shall 
be  opened  in  the  Ledger,  which  shall  be  credited  with  all  amounts  and  de- 
mands for  labor  which  may  be  approved  by  said  Superintendent,  and  at  the 


56  GENERAL  ORDERS   OF  THE 

end  of  each  month  the  account  shall  be  debited  with  the  total  credits  for  the 
month  and  Audited  Demands  credited  with  the  same.  A  Salary  Account  shall 
be  opened  in  the  Ledger,  to  which  shall  be  charged  at  the  end  of  each  month 
all  approved  demands  for  salaries  of  Superintendent,  deputies,  clerks  and  all 
other  employees  of  the  office,  the  total  of  which  shall  be  credited  to  Aud- 
ited Demands.  Expense  Account  shall  contain  all  items  properly  belonging 
thereto.  Urgent  Necessity  Account  shall  also  be  charged  with  all  repairs 
made  under  the  supervision  of  the  Department  and  properly  belonging 
thereto.  All  entries  in  the  Ledger  shall  be  posted  from  the  Journal  and 
correspond  in  amount  and  date  with  those  therein  contained. 

[Pay  Roll  Book.] 

Third — A  Pay  Koll  Book  of  the  usual  form  shall  be  kept,  in  which  shall  be 
entered  at  the  end  of  each  month  the  name  of  each  and  every  person  em- 
ployed by  the  Department  outside  of  the  office,  the  occupation  of  each,  the 
number  of  days  employed  during  the  month,  the  price  per  day  of  each  and 
the  total  amount  due  each  for  the  month,  and  the  total  of  all  the  entries  for 
each  month  shall  agree  with  the  credits  to  Labor  Account  in  the  Ledger  for 
said  month. 

[Time  Book.] 

Fourth — A  Time  Book  shall  be  kept,  which  shall  contain  the  names  of 
all  persons  outside  the  office  employed  by  the  Department,  their  occupation, 
when  employed,  and  the  daily  wages  of  each.  The  same  shall  at  all  times  be 
open  to  inspection.  The  correctness  of  the  Pay  Boll  Book  and  the  Time 
Book  shall  be  verified  before  the  Auditor  of  the  city  and  county  previous  to 
making  and  delivering  the  monthly  demands  for  the  contents  thereof. 

[Index  of  Assessments.] 

Fifth — An  Index  of  Assessments  shall  be  kept,  which  shall  contain  the 
name  of  the  street,  volume  of  assessments,  page  of  assessments,  number  of 
contract  and  the  description  of  the  work  done. 

[Index  of  Contracts.] 

Sixth— An  index  of  Contracts  shall  also  be  kept,  containing  the  name  of 
the  street  on  which  the  work  is  done,  the  number  of  the  contract,  the  number 
of  the  award,  the  volume  of  the  contract,  the  page  of  the  contract,  the  vol- 
ume of  assessment,  the  page  of  assessment,  a  description  of  the  work 
done,  the  name  of  the  contractor,  the  names  of  the  bondsmen,  and  a  column 
for  remarks. 


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[Contractor's  Receipt  Book.] 

Seventh — A  book  called  a  Contractor's  Keceipt  Book  shall  also  be  kept, 
containing  the  following  rulings  with  printed  headings,  to  wit :  The  Date  of 
Assessment,  Owner  of  Lot,  Contractor,  Work  Done,  Volume  of  Assessment, 
Page  of  Assessment,  Number  of  Lot,  Assessment,  Date  of  Payment  to  Con- 
tractor; and  a  receipt  from  the  contractor  of  all  moneys  paid. 

[Permit  and  Cash  Books,] 

Eighth — The  account  of  moneys  deposited  for  permits  shall  be  kept  in 
books  specially  prepared  for  that  purpose.  The  Cash  Book  shall  be  ruled 
with  a  column  for  each  kind  of  permit  issued  by  the  Department,  and  at  the 
end  of  each  month  the  totals  of  the  receipts  and  payments  of  each  shall  be 
posted  in  the  Ledger  to  its  proper  account.  And,  in  order  to  better  preserve 
the  canceled  permits,  they  shall,  when  canceled,  be  pasted  to  the  stub  from 
which  they  were  issued,  in  addition  to  a  receipt  on  the  back  of  the  stub  for 
the  amount  returned. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  July  26,  1880. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
xip  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  IMason,  Litchfield,  Drake,  Whitney,  Eastman, 
Praser,  Taylor,  Bayly,  Torrey,  Stetson. 

Absent— Supervisor  Doane. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk. 

Approved,  San  Francisco,  July  28,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
^ayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OKDEE  No.  1,590. 


PEOVIDING  FOB  THE  EEPAIR  AND  IMPBOVEMENT  OP  THE  PUBLIC  STREETS  AND 
SIDEWALKS  FOB  PUBLIC  CONVENIENCE  AND  TBAVEL. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows  : 

[Powers  of  Superintendent  of  Streets  Defined.] 

Section  1.    The  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares  is 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  whenever,  in  his  judgment,  he  shall  deem 


58  GENERAL  ORDERS   OF  THE 

it  necessary  for  the  public  good,  convenience  and  travel,  to  order  the  roadway 
of  any  public  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco  graded  or  regraded  to  the  official  grade,  planked  or  replanked, 
paved  or  repaved,  macadamized  or  remacadamized,  or  repaired. 


[Superintendent  of  Streets  to  Serve  Notice,  etc.,  to  Owners  of  Property,  Eequiring  them  to 
Improve  the  Streets  in  Front  of  their  Premises.] 

Section  2.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares 
may  at  his  option  serve  notice  in  writing,  to  be  delivered  personally  to  or 
left  on  the  premises  of  the  owners,  tenants  or  occupants  of  lots  or  portions 
of  lots,  or  any  of  them,  fronting  upon  any  public  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or 
court  in  said  city  and  county,  on  which,  in  his  judgment,  it  is  necessary  or 
expedient  that  any  of  the  work  mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this  Order  should 
be  done,  ordering  and  requiring  said  owners,  tenants  or  occupants  of  lots  or 
portions  of  lots,  or  any  of  them,  within  a  certain  specified  time  to  grade  or 
regrade  to  the  official  grade,  plank  or  replank,  pave  or  repave,  macadamize 
or  remacadamize,  or  to  repair,  the  roadway  in  front  of  their  respective  lots  or 
portions  of  lots,  from  the  curb  line  of  said  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court 
to  the  center  line  thereof  on  that  side  of  said  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court 
on  which  said  lots  or  portion  of  lots  are  situated,  except  in  the  case  of  streets 
upon  which  railroad  tracks  are  laid,  or  over  the  roadway  of  which  any  rail- 
road corporation  or  company  have  a  railroad  franchise  to  operate  a  railroad 
thereon,  in  which  case  the  work  specified  in  said  notice  and  Order  of  said 
Superintendent  of  Streets  shall  be  required  to  be  done,  from  the  curb  line 
aforesaid  to  within  two  (2)  feet  of  the  line  of  rail  nearest  to  that  side  of 
said  street  on  which  the  lots  or  portions  of  lots  are  situated,  if  such  line  of 
rail  be  at  that  time  laid;  or,  if  such  rail  shall  not  at  the  time  be  so  laid,  then 
to  within  two  (2)  feet  of  the  line  which  said  rail  shall  occupy  when  the  rail- 
road company  having  a  franchise  over  said  street  shall  have  completed  their 
track  thereon. 


[Obligation  of  Owners,  etc.,  on  whom  Notice  is  served.] 

Section  3.  The  owners,  tenants  or  occupants  of  lots  or  portions  of  lots 
fronting  upon  any  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  or  any  of  them,  upon  whom  notice  shall  have  been  served 
by  the  said  Superintendent,  requiring  and  ordering  them,  as  provided  for  in 
Section  2  of  this  Order,  to  do  or  cause  to  be  done  any  of  the  work  mentioned 
in  Section  1  of  this  Order,  shall,  within  a  period  of  ten  days  after  the  service 
upon  them,  or  any  of  them,  of  said  notice,  commence,  or  cause  to  be  com- 
menced, such  work  and  improvements  as  may  be  designated  in  said  notice  of 
said  Superintendent,  and  shall  prosecute,  or  cause  to  be  prosecuted,  said  work 
and  improvements  continuously  until  its  completion,  and  within  such  a  period 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  59 

of  time  as  may  be  designated  by  the  said  Superintendent  in  his  said  notice; 
provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to  apply  to  such  por- 
tions of  the  roadway  of  said  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  places  or  courts  which 
shall  have  been  accepted  by  the  City  and  County. 

[Superintendent  of  Streets  may  order  Construction  of  Sewers  in  certain  Cases.] 

Section  4.  Whenever  it  shall  become  necessary,  in  the  judgment  of  the- 
Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares,  in  the  prosecution 
or  completion  of  any  street  work,  or  whenever  the  Board  of  Health  or  Health 
Officer  shall  deem  it  necessary,  as  a  sanitary  measure,  that  a  sewer  shall  be 
constructed  in  any  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court,  or  in  any  part  thereof, 
in  which  no  sewer  shall  have  been  constructed,  and  shall  so  notify  the  said 
Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  said  Superintendent,  and  he  shall  forthwith  notify  in  writing  the 
owners,  tenants  or  occupants  of  lots  or  portions  of  lots  fronting  upon  the 
said  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court,  or  portion  thereof,  where  said  sewer 
shall  be  deemed  necessary.  The  said  owners,  tenants  or  occupants  of  said 
lots,  as  aforesaid,  shall  thereupon,  within  a  period  of  forty  days  after  such 
,  notice  in  writing  shall  have  been  so  served  by  the  said  Superintendent,  con- 
struct or  cause  to  be  constructed  in  that  portion  of  said  street,  lane,  alley, 
place  or  court  in  front  of  the  lots  or  portion  of  lots  of  which  they  are  the 
owners,  tenants  or  occupants,  or  which  are  under  their  control,  a  sewer  of 
»such  material,  size  and  description  as  may  be  designated  by  said  Superin- 
tendent in  his  notice  aforesaid.  The  said  sewer  to  be  in  all  cases  con- 
structed under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  said  Superintendent,  etc., 
and  in  accordance  with  specifications  to  be  furnished  by  him,  a  copy  of 
which  shall  accompany  and  form  a  portion  of  the  notice  herein  provided  for. 
And,  upon  completion  of  said  sewer  or  portion  thereof,  the  owners,  tenants 
or  occupants  of  lots  or  portions  of  lots  fronting  upon  the  said  street,  lane, 
alley,  place  or  court  shall  cause  that  portion  of  the  roadway  thereof,  in  front 
of  the  lots  or  portions  of  lots  so  occupied  or  owned  by  them,  or  which  are 
under  their  control,  which  may  have  been  dug  up  and  disturbed  in  the 
process  of  construction  of  said  sewer,  to  be  filled  in  and  put  in  good  order 
and  condition  from  the  curb  line  of  said  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or  court 
nearest  to  said  lots  or  portions  of  lots  to  the  center  line  of  said  street,  lane, 
alley,  place  or  court. 


Ballroad  Corporations  to  Improve  and  Repair  the  Koadway  between  their  Tracks,  on  Notice 
from  Superintendent  of  Streets.] 

Section  5.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares 
is  hereby  empowered  at  his  option,  by  serving  notice  upon  any  railroad  cor- 
poration or  company  having  a  railroad  franchise  to  operate  a  railroad  upon 


60  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

^ny  of  the  streets  of  the  said  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  to  require 
«aid  railroad  corporation  or  company  to  grade  or  regrade  to  the  oflEicial  grade, 
plank  or  replank,  pave  or  repave,  macadamize  or  reniacadamize,  or  to  repair 
that  portion  of  the  roadway  of  any  street  in  this  city  and  county  over  which  the 
franchise  of  said  railroad  corporation  or  company  empowers  them  to  lay  down 
their  tracks  and  operate  their  road,  for  the  space  occupied  or  to  be  occupied 
by  and  between  the  rails  of  said  track  or  tracks.  Between  said  tracks,  should 
there  be  more  than  one  laid,  or  to  be  laid,  and  for  a  distance  of  two  (2)  feet  on 
either  side  of  said  track  or  tracks  if  laid,  and  on  either  side  of  the  space  to 
be  occupied  by  said  track  or  tracks  if  yet  to  be  laid.  And  any  railroad  cor- 
poration or  company  so  notified  shall,  within  ten  (10)  days  from  and  after  the 
service  of  said  notice  by  said  Superintendent,  cause  to  be  commenced  such 
grading  or  regrading  to  the  official  grade,  planking  or  replanking,  paving  or 
repaving,  macadamizing  or  remacadamizing,  or  repairing,  as  may  be  specified 
in  said  notice  of  said  Superintendent,  and  shall  continuously  prosecute  such 
work  and  improvement  to  its  completion  within  such  a  period  of  time  as 
shall  have  been  designated  by  the  said  Superintendent  in  his  said  notice. 
Provided,  that  the  said  Superintendent  shall  in  all  cases  require  in  said  notice 
that  the  work  and  repairs  to  be  executed  by  said  railroad  corporation  or  com- 
pany, shall  be  of  such  a  character  as  will  make  the  space  on  the  roadway  of 
fiaid  street  or  streets  which  said  railroad  corporation  or  company  are  required  - 
to  improve,  to  conform  to  the  nature  of  the  improvement  contiguous  thereto 
on  the  said  streets  or  portion  of  streets,  whether  grading  or  regrading,  plank- 
ing or  replanking,  paving  or  repaving,  macadamizing  or  remacadamizing. 


X Owners  of  Property  must  Repair  Sidewalks  and  Curbs,  on  Notice  from  Superintendent  of 

Streets.] 


Section  6.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares, 
is  hereby  empowered  at  his  option  by  notice  in  writing  to  be  delivered  per- 
sonally to  or  left  on  the  premises  of  the  owner,  tenant  or  occupant  of  any 
lot  or  portion  of  a  lot  fronting  upon  any  public  street,  lane,  alley,  place  or 
oourt  in  this  city  and  couaty  to  require  said  owner,  tenant  or  occupant  as 
aforesaid  within  a  certain  specified  time  to  construct,  reconstruct,  repair  and 
put  in  good  order  and  condition  the  sidewalks  and  curbs  in  front  of  the  lot  or 
portion  of  a  lot  so  occupied  by  him  or  them .  And  thereupon  within  five  days 
after  such  notice  shall  have  been  served  upon  such  owner,  tenant  or  occu- 
pant of  lots  or  parts  of  lots  as  aforesaid,  they  shall  cause  to  be  commenced 
such  construction,  reconstruction  or  repairing  of  said  sidewalks  or  curbs  in 
front  of  their  said  premises  as  may  be  required  and  directed  by  the  said 
Superintendent  in  his  notice  aforesaid,  and  shall  diligently  and  continuously 
prosecute  said  work  to  its  completion  within  such  time  as  shall  have  been 
designated  by  said  Superintendent  in  his  said  notice. 


BOAED   OF   SUPERVISOES.  61 


[Owner  of  Lots  Defined.] 


Section  7.  The  person  owning  the  fee,  or  the  person  in  the  possession  of 
lands,  lots  or  portion  of  lots,  or  buildings  under  claim  of  ownership,  or 
exercising  acts  of  ownership  over  the  same  for  himself  or  herself,  or  as  the 
administrator  or  guardian  of  the  owner  or  the  person  in  whom,  on  the  day  of 
the  service  of  the  notices  referred  to  in  this  Order  appears  the  legal  title  ta 
the  land  by  deeds  recorded  in  the  Recorder's  office  of  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,  shall  be  regarded,  treated  and  deemed  to  be  the  owner  (for 
the  purpose  of  this  Order)  according  to  the  intent  and  meaning  of  that  word 
as  used  in  this  Order;  and  in  case  of  property  leased,  possession  by  "a  tenant 
or  lessee  holding  or  occupying  under  an  owner  shall  be  deemed  to  be  posses- 
sion by  such  owner. 

Section  8.  All  notices  the  service  of  which  as  provided  for  in  this  Order 
to  be  made  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares, 
shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  so  served  by  said  Superintendent  if  the  same 
shall  have  been  delivered  by  any  of  his  regularly  and  legally  authorized  dep- 
uties. 

[Penalty.] 

Section  9.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  ex- 
exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  six  months, 
of  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  August  16,  1880. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days  according  to  law,  taken  up 
and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  Drake,  Whitney,  East- 
man, Eraser,  Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  August  19,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors, 


OKDEE  No.  1,597. 


relating  to  the  numbering  of  buildings. 
The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Penalty.] 

Section   1.    Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Order  shall  be  deemed  guilty    of    a    misdemeanor,   and  upon  conviction 


62  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
twenty  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not  less  than  two  days 
nor  more  than  ten  days. 

[Entrance  to  Building,  Place  of  Number  and  Size  of  Figure,] 

Section  2.  All  entrances  from  the  public  streets  to  buildings,  or  separate 
apartments  in  buildings,  shall  be  numbered  as  hereinafter  provided.  The 
number  of  any  entrance  shall  be  placed  upon  or  immediately  above  the  door 
or  gate  closing  the  same,  and  each  figure  shall  be  at  least  one  inch  and  three- 
quarters 'in  height,  and  of  corresponding  width. 

[Time  within  whicli  Number  shall  be  aflB.xed.] 

Section  3.  The  appropriate  number  of  any  entrance  shall  be  placed 
thereon,  within  two  weeks  after  the  building  to  which  it  belongs  shall  have 
been  completed  or  occupied. 

[Starting  Points  for  Numbers.] 

Section  4.  Market  street  shall  be  the  starting  point  for  the  numbers  on 
all  buildings  fronting  on  the  streets  running  therefrom  in  a  northerly  direc- 
tion, and  also  for  those  running  therefrom  in  a  southwesterly  direction.  The 
streets  laid  down  on  the  official  map  of  the  city  as  forming  the  water  front 
thereof,  shall  be  the  starting  point  for  numbers  on  all  streets  running  west- 
wardly  and  southwestwardly  therefrom,  except  upon  such  streets  running 
westwardly,  commencing  from  Msuket  street,  and  upon  all  such  streets  Market 
street  shall  be  the  starting  point  for  numbers. 

[Even  and  Odd  Numbers.] 

Section  5.  On  all  streets,  the  numbers  on  the  northerly  or  northeasterly 
sides  thereof  shall  be  even  numbers,  and  on  the  southerly  or  southwesterly 
sides  thereof  shall  be  odd  numbers. 

[Allotment  to  each  Block  and  Frontage  for  each  Number— Starting  Points  for  Numbers  on 
Cross  or  Intermediate  Streets.] 

Section  6.  One  hundred  numbers,  or  as  many  thereof  as  may  be  necessary, 
shall  be  allotted  to  each  block  bounded  by  principal  streets,  numbers  100, 
200  and  300  being  respectively  the  numbers  for  commencing  the  block  distant 
one,  two  or  three  streets  from  the  starting  point  on  the  side  designated  for 
even  numbers;  and  numbers  101,201  and  301  in  similar  manner  for  the 
opposite  side  of  the  street  throughout  its  extent,  so  that  the  initial  figure  of 
the  number  placed  on  a  building  at  any  street  crossing  shall  indicate  the 
number  of  main  streets  each  street  crossing  is  from  the   starting  point. 

Except  on  Jackson  street,  from  East  to  Davis  streets,  on  which  the  first 
number  on  the  north  side,  west  of  East  street,  shall  be  2,  and  the  even  num- 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  63 

"bers  shall  be  continued  consecutively  to  No.  98,  or  as  many  thereof  as  may 
be  required  as  far  west  as  Davis  street;  the  first  number  on  the  south  side  of 
said  portion  of  said  street  west  from  East  street,  shall  be  1,  and  the  odd 
numbers  shall  continue  consecutively  to  99,  or  as  many  numbers  thereof 
as  may  be  necessary,  terminating  at  Davis  street;  the  initial  numbers  on 
Jackson  street  west  of  Davis  street  shall  be,  on  the  north  side  100,  and  on 
the  south  side  101. 

Not  less  than  twenty  feet  in  frontage  of  all  vacant  lots  of  ground  shall  be 
allowed  for  each  number. 

On  all  cross  or  intermediate  streets  the  numbering  shall  commence  where 
the  streets  begin,  and  shall  conform  to  the  above  plan.  CAs  amended  June 
28,  1881,  by  Order  No.  1639.) 

[Duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Streets.] 

Section  7.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Streets,  Highways  and  Squares,  upon  receiving  notice  of  any  violation  of 
this  Order,  to  immediately  notify  the  owner;  and  if  the  owner  cannot  be 
easily  found,  the  occupant  of  the  house  where  the  violation  occurs;  and,  if, 
after  three  days,  the  cause  of  complaint  is  not  removed,  then  the  Superinten- 
dent shall  have  enforced  the  penalty  provided  for  in  Section  1  of  this   Order. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  September  13,  1880. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes— Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  Whitney,  Eastman,  Eraser, 
Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey. 

Absent — Supervisors  Drake,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk. 

Approved,  San  Francisco,  September  15,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OKDEE  No.   1,611. 


BKGULATING  THE   USE    OF  VEHICLES   ON  THE   PUBLIC   STEEETS,  AND  BOATS  IN  THE 
WATEES    OP  THE   BAY. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows; 

.  [Penalty.] 

Section  1.  Every  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Order,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  punished  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  five  hundred  dolfars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months, 
or  by  both. 


64:  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

[Hackney  Carriage  Defined.] 

Section  2.  Every  vehicle,  except  railroad  cars,  buggies  and  rockaways, 
"which  shall  be  used  in  this  city  and  county  for  the  conveyance  of  persons  by 
land  from  place  to  place  for  hire,  shall  be  deemed  a  hackney  carriage  within 
the  meaning  of  this  Order;  provided,  that  rockaways  having  seating  capacity 
of  more  than  for  four  persons  shall  not  be  excepted.  (As  amended  May  23,. 
1882,  by  Order  1,675.) 

[Hackney  Carriages— Chief  of  Police  may  Kegulate— Standing  of,  Route,  etc. 

Section  3.  Whenever  several  hackney  carriages  attend  at  any  place,  for,. 
or  with  passengers,  the  Chief  of  Police,  or  any  person  or  persons  by  him 
authorized,  may  give  directions  respecting  the  standing  of  such  carriages, 
while  waiting  for,  taking  up,  or  putting  down  their  passengers,  and  the  route 
they  shall  go  when  leaving  any  place  of  entertainment. 

If  any  owner,  driver  or  other  person  having  the  care  of  such  carriage  shall 
refuse  to  obey  any  such  order  or  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  or  any  per- 
son or  persons  by  him  authorized,  the  person  so  refusing  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

[Hack  Stands  Specified.] 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  having  the  charge  or  con- 
trol of  any  hackney  carriage  to  suffer  or  permit  such  hackney  carriage  ta 
stand,  while  waiting  for  employment,  on  any  street,  square,  or  other  public 
place  not  designated  as  a  hack  stand,  without  first  obtaining  the  written  per- 
mission of  the  Mayor,  and  the  written  consent  of  the  tenant  or  occupant  of 
the  store  or  ground  floor,  or  portion  of  the  ground  floor  of  any  building,  to 
use  that  portion  of  the  street  in  front  of  said  building,  or  any  part  thereof  for 
such  purpose;  provided,  that  the  Mayor  shall  not  grant  permits  to  allow  more 
than  two  hackney  carriages  to  stand  waiting  for  employment  in  any  one 
block. 

The  following  places  shall  be  known  and  designated  as  hack  stands: 

1.  Around  Portsmouth,  Union  and  Washington  Squares,  the  United  States 
Post  Office  and  United  States  Mint,  and  other  public  squares  or  grounds  as 
may  be  designated  by  the  Mayor  from  time  to  time,  but  not  in  front  of  the 
gates  thereof  during  the  time  such  gates  are  open,  nor  on  the  street  cross- 
walks, nor  in  double  line;  provided,  that  no  hackney  carriage  shall  stand  in 
front  of  any  public  square  within  ten  feet  of  any  street  crossing; 

2.  At  the  ferries; 

3.  Steamboat  landings;  and 

4.  Railway  depots ; 

5.  All  the  above  hack  stands,  except  those  under  paragraph  6,  shall  be 
open  to  all  hacks— the  first  occupant  holding  the  jplace  until  he  vacates  it,  and 
the  next  in  line  succeeding. 


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6.  The  managers  of  each  hotel  may  designate  a  passenger  coach,  with  the 
name  of  the  hotel  conspicuously  placed  thereon,  and  of  capacity  for  six  pas- 
sengers inside,  to  stand  at  all  times  in  front  of  such  hotel,  and  also  designate 
carriages,  not  more  than  two  of  which  at  any  one  time  may  stand  in  front  of 
the  main  entrance  of  such  hotel, 

[Hacks,  Job  Wagons  and  Vehicles  shall  not  stand  in  certain  places.] 

Section  5.  No  person  having  charge  of  a  hackney  carriage,  job  wagon^ 
or  other  vehicles  used  for  hire,  shall  allow  the  same  to  stand : 

On  any  public  street,  except  in  front  of  a  public  square,  within  forty  feet 
of  any  street  crossing,  or  at  a  greater  distance  than  one  foot. from  the  outer 
edge  of  the  sidewalk,  or  on  any  public  street,  without  first  obtaining  the 
written  permission  of  the  Mayor  and  the  written  consent  of  the  tenant  or 
occupant  of  the  store  or  ground  floor,  or  portion  of  the  ground  floor  of  any 
building,  to  use  that  portion  of  the  street  in  front  of  said  building  or  any 
part  thereof  for  such  purpose;  provided,  that  the  Mayor  shall  not  grant  per- 
mits to  allow  more  than  two  hackney  carriages  to  stand  waiting  for  employ- 
ment in  any  one  block;  provided,  that  no  permit  shall  be  granted  for  any 
hackney  carriage  to  stand  upon  any  street  less  than  thirty-five  (35)  feet  in 
width  from  curb  to  curb  on  which  a  double  line  of  railroad  track  is  laid. 


[Driver  thrice  convicted  of  a  Violation  of  Provisions.] 

Section  6.  Any  driver  of  a  hackney  carriage  who  shall  be  thrice  con- 
victed of  a  breach  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order,  or  of  the  Order 
concerning  licenses,  shall  be  deprived  of  his  license  and  shall  be  debarred 
from  obtaining  another. 

[Rates  of  Fare.] 

Section  7.  No  person  shall  demand,  collect  or  receive  a  higher  rate  of 
fare  than  is  specified  in  the  following  schedule,  to  wit: 

For  a  railroad  car,  the  rates  designated  by  law. 

For  a  hackney  carriage,  drawn  by  more  than  one  horse,  for  one  or  two 
persons  not  exceeding  one  mile,  one  and  one-half  ($1  50)  dollars;  and  for 
more  than  two  persons,  not  exceeding  one  mile,  two  (2)  dollars;  for  each 
additional  mile  for  each  person,  twenty-five  (25)  cents;  provided  that  no  ad- 
ditional charge  to  the  above  rates  shall  be  made  for  stoppages  for  a  period 
not  to  exceed  in  the  aggregate  ten  (10)  minutes'  time. 

For  a  hackney  carriage  drawn  by  more  than  one  horse,  for  four  or  a  less 
number  of  persons,  when  engaged  by  the  hour,  to  be  computed  for  time  oc- 
cupied in  going  and  returning^  including  detention,  two  ($2)  dollars  for  the 
first  hour  and  one  and  one-^alf  ($1  50)  dollars  for  each  subsequent  hour. 
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66  GENERAL   ORDERS  OF  THE 

For  a  hackney  coach  drawn  by  one  horse,  for  one  or  two  persons,  not  ex- 
ceeding one  mile,  one  ($1)  dollar;  for  each  additional  mile,  fifty  (50)  cents; 
for  two  persons,  when  engaged  by  the  hour,  to  be  computed  from  the  time 
occupied  in  going  and  returning,  including  detention,  one  and  one-half 
($1  50)  dollars  for  the  first  hour  and  one  ($1)  dollar  for  each  subsequent 
hour. 

No  extra  charge  to  any  passenger  shall  be  made  for  the  ordinary  amount 
of  baggage.     (As  amended  March  22,  1881,  by  Order  No.  1,622.) 


[Distance  from  Steamboat  Landings  and  Railroad  Depots.] 

Section  8.  From  any  landing  of  any  steamboat  or  railroad  depot  to  any 
point  within  the  district  bounded  by  the  water  front,  Broadway,  Gough  and 
Twelfth  streets,  shall  be  estimated  not  to  exceed  one  mile. 


[Number  of  Carriage,  and  Bates  of  Fare  to  be  posted  in  Carriage.] 

Section  9.  Every  driver  of  a  hackney  carriage  shall  at  all  times  keep 
conspicuously  posted  within  the  carriage  of  which  he  may  have  charge,  in 
such  position  as  to  be  easily  read,  the  number  of  such  carriage,  and  also  a 
notice  showing  the  rates  of  fare  which  may  be  lawfully  charged  for  the  use 
thereof. 

[Hackney  Carriage  must  use  Lights  at  Night.] 

Section  10.  No  person  shall  use  or  drive,  or  have  upon  a  street  or  stand, 
a  hackney  carriage  at  night,  without  having  a  lighted  lantern  affixed  to  each 
side  thereof,  near  the  driver's  seat.  (As  amended  Nov.  16,  1881,  by  Order 
No.  1,650.) 

^Boats  must  use  Lights  at  Night,  and  exhibit  the  Number  of,  on  Demand.] 

Section  11.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  be  in  any  boat  at 
night  on  the  waters  of  the  bay,  with  intent  to  use  or  to  use  such  boat  for 
the  conveyance  of  persons  from  place  to  place,  without  having  in  said  boat  a 
lighted  lantern  at  least  six  inches  square,  with  the  number  of  said  boat 
painted  thereon  in  plain  Arabic  figures,  of  such  size  and  form  as  to  be 
readily  seen  and  read,  and  which,  upon  the  demand  of  any  person,  shall  be 
exhibited. 

[Job  Wagons  Defined.] 

Section  12,  Every  vehicle  which  shall  be  used  for  the  conveyance  of  goods, 
packages  or  freights  from  place  to  place  in  this  city  and  county  for  hire  (ex- 


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<5ept  hand-carts,  and  except,  also,  the  vehicles  used  by  merchants,  dealers  and 
manufacturers  exclusively  for  the  delivery  of  their  wares  to  customers),  shall 
be  deemed  a  job  wagon  within  the  meaning  of  this  Order. 

[Vehicles  or  Animals  shall  not  Obstruct  Crossings.] 

Section  13.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  or  driver,  or  any  person 
having  control  of  any  omnibus  or  railroad  car,  or  of  any  hack,  cart  or  any 
vehicle  whatsoever,  or  of  any  horse  or  animal  whatever,  to  allow,  permit  or 
suffer  the  said  omnibus  or  rail  car,  hack  or  vehicle,  or  said  horse  or  animal, 
to  be  or  remain  in  such  a  manner  as  to  obstruct  the  crossing  of  any  public 
street  from  one  sidewalk  to  another,  for  any  period  of  time  whatever. 

[Boat  Defined.] 

Section  14.  Every  water  craft,  whether  propelled  by  manual  power  -or  by 
ihe  wind,  and  every  steam  launch,  for  the  conveyance  of  persons  from  place 
to  place  for  pay,  shall  be  deemed  a  boat  within  the  meaning  of  this  Order. 

[False  Representations  concerning  Ownership  of  Vehicle  or  Boat.] 

Section  15.  No  person  having  charge  of,  or  soliciting  patronage  for,  any 
vehicle  or  boat,  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  securing  patronage,  make  any  false 
representations  concerning  the  ownership  or  employment  of  such  vehicle  or 
boat. 

[Vehicles  and  Boats  to  be  numbered — Collector  of  Licenses  to  designate  and  furnish 

Numbers.] 

Section  16.  Every  vehicle  or  boat,  which  by  the  provisions  of  this  Order 
is  required  to  be  licensed,  and  every  vehicle  used  in  the  transaction  of  any 
business  shall  have  a  number. 

Such  number  shall  be  designated  by  the  Collector  of  Licenses,  and  shall 
be  permanent,  without  regard  to  the  ownership  of  the  vehicle  or  boat. 

No  two  vehicles  of  the  same  class  shall  have  the  same  number. 

The  Collector  of  Licenses,  upon  designating  the  number  of  a  vehicle  or 
boat,  shall  furnish  the  owner  thereof  with  two  tins  with  such  numbers 
printed  (or  painted)  thereon,  in  plain  Arabic  figures,  not  less  than  one  inch 
and  a  half  in  hight  and  of  proportionate  width.  Any  number  of  vehicles  or 
boats  for  which  a  license  remains  unpaid  on  the  books  at  the  office  of  the 
Collector  of  Licenses  for  the  space  of  twelve  months  may  be  deemed  void  by 
the  Collector  of  Licenses,  and  a  new  number  designated,  for  which  one  dol- 
lar shall  be  paid  in  addition  to  the  license;  also,  the  penalty,  if  any,  may  be 
added  to  the  time  of  taking  a  new  number  and  a  new  license. 


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68  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF  THE 

[Number  of  Vehicles  and  Boats,  where  placed,] 

Section  17.  The  number  designated  for  any  vehicle  or  boat  shall  be 
placed  thereon  in  two  places,  either  by  tacking  thereupon  the  tins  furnished 
by  the  Collector  of  Licenses,  or  by  painting  such  number  upon  the  vehicle  or 
boat,  in  plain  Arabic  figures,  not  less  than  one  inch  and  a  half  in  hight,  and 
of  proportionate  width,  and  of  such  a  color  as  to  be  readily  seen  and  distin- 
guished. 

The  numbers  of  vehicles  shall  be  placed  as  follows: 

On  both  sides  of  each  omnibus — on  the  end  of  the  driver's  seat. 

On  both  sides  of  each  truck — midway  between  the  forward  and  hind  wheels^ 

On  both  sides  of  each  dray — on  the  side-rail  forward  of  the  wheel,  or  on 
the  shaft,  between  one  and  four  inches  forward  of  the  platform. 

On  both  sides  of  each  wagon  with  a  body — over  the  forward  wheel,  and 
not  on  the  seat  or  rack. 

On  both  sides  of  each  wagon  without  a  body — on  each  end  of  the  rear  side- 
of  the  bolster  of  the  hind  axle,  as  near  the  wheel  as  practicable. 

On  both  sides  of  each  water  or  sprinkling  vehicle — on  the  center  of  the 
cask  or  tank,  between  six  and  ten  inches  above  the  wheel. 

On  both  sides  of  each  cart — near  the  forward  end,  and  not  on  the  side- 
board. 

Every  vehicle  which,  by  this  Order,  is  required  to  carry  lamps,  shall  have 
its  number,  in  plain  figures  at  least  two  inches  in  length,  painted  with  black 
paint  upon  each  of  said  lamps,  in  such  a  manner  that  the  same  can  be  dis- 
tinctly seen  and  known  when  such  vehicle  may  be  standing  or  in  motion. 

The  number  of  each  boat  shall  be  placed  on  both  sides  thereof,  within  two- 
feet  of  the  bow,  on  the  outside  of  each  boat,  immediately  below  the  gunwale, 

[Vehicle  or  Boat  not  to  be  used  without  being  Numbered.] 

Section  18.  No  person  shall  use  or  drive,  or  permit  to  be  used  or  driven, 
any  vehicle  or  boat  belonging  to  him,  or  under  his  control,  which,  by  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  Order,  is  required  to  be  numbered,  without  having  the 
appropriate  number  thereof,  and  no  other,  placed  thereupon  in  the  manner 
and  place  provided  in  Section  17  of  this  Order,  nor  with  such  number  in- 
verted, covered,  mutilated,  obliterated,  or  obscurely  painted,  or  illegible. 

[Number  to  be  given  on  Demand.] 

Section  19.  Any  person  driving  or  having  control  of  any  vehicle  on  which 
a  number  is  required  to  be  placed,  shall  give  the  number  of  his  vehicle  on 
the  inquiry  of  any  person. 

[Boisterous  Conduct  by  Runners  and  Hackmen  prohibited— They  must  exhibit  License  and 
wear  Badges— Runners  and  Soliciting  Agents  defined.] 

Section  20.  No  person  shall  solicit  patronage  for  any  hotel,  vehicle,  or 
other  business,  in  front  of  the  gangway  of  any  steamboat  within  twelve  feet 


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thereof,  nor  within  twelve  feet  of  the  edge  of  such  gangway,  or  the  line 
thereof,  produced  twelve  feet  from  the  foot  thereof,  nor  in  front  of  the  exit 
of  any  wharf,  depot,  theater,  circus,  public  or  private  ball,  or  place  where 
persons  are  assembled  for  amusement,  entertainment  or  instruction,  within 
twelve  feet  thereof,  nor  within  twelve  feet  of  the  line  of  such  exit  produced 
twelve  feet  from  the  line  of  the  inclosure  of  which  such  exit  forms  a  part. 
No  person,  soliciting  patronage  or  employment  for  himself  or  other  person, 
at  or  in  the  vicinity  of  any  landing,  wharf,  or  depot,  or  place  of  amusement, 
fihall  do  so  in  a  loud  voice  or  boisterous  manner. 

Every  driver  or  proprietor  of  a  hackney  carriage  shall,  while  engaged  in 
soliciting  patronage  or  employment  as  aforesaid,  and  every  runner  and  soli- 
citing agent  shall,  while  engaged  in  his  calling — 

1.  Have  a  license,  and  exhibit  the  same  on  demand  to  any  Police  Officer. 

2.  Wear  conspicuously  exposed  on  the  outside  lappel  of  his  coat  a  badge 
-showing,  by  the  proper  designation,  in  plain  Roman  letters  and  Arabic  nu- 
merals, of  such  size,  form  and  color  as  to  be  readily  seen  and  read,  and  as 
may  be  designated  by  the  Collector  of  Licenses,  the  number  of  the  hack,  the 
particular  establishment  for  which  he  shall  be  employed,  or  the  character  of 
business  in  which  he  may  be  engaged  as  aforesaid . 

[Badges.] 

The  badges  hereinbefore  mentioned  shall  be  furnished  by  the  Collector  of 
Xicenses  at  cost,  and  only  one  such  badge  shall  be  issued  to  any  licensed 
hackney  coach. 

[Eunnerg  and  Soliciting  Agents.] 

The  terms  *•  runners  "  and  "  soliciting  agents  "  shall  include  all  persona — 

1.  Soliciting  or  endeavoring  to  influence  or  secure  passengers,  freight  or 
baggage,  for  conveyance,  or  for  any  vehicle,  boat,  vessel  or  steamboat. 

Except  the  owner  or  duly  authorized  advertising  agent  of  such  vehicle, 
boat,  vessel  or  steamboat. 

2.  Soliciting  or  endeavoring  to  influence  or  secure  boarders,  lodgers  or 
custom  for  any  hotel,  tavern,  boarding  house,  lodging  house  or  restaurant. 

Except  the  owner  or  manager  of  such  hotel,  tavern,  boarding  house,  lodg- 
ing house  or  restaurant. 

And  except  duly  licensed  drivers  of  hackney  carriages,  owned  by  such 
owner  or  manager,  and  used  only  for  conveying  persons  to  and  from  such 
hotel,  tavern,  boarding  house,  lodging  house  or  restaurant. 


[Police  OfiQicer  to  enforce  Orders  in  relation  to  Hackney  Carriages,  etc.] 

Section  21.    The  policeman  detailed  by  the  Chief  of  Police  to  visit  the 
public  stands  and  all  places  where  hackney  carriages  are  permitted  to  stand. 


70  GENEEAL  OEDERS  OF  THE 

and  to  enforce  all  orders  for  the  government  of  hackney  carriages,  their 
owners  and  drivers,  shall  order  away  from  the  stands,  and  from  all  other 
places,  every  hackney  carriage — 

1.  Not  provided  with  a  number  as  required  by  law;  or, 

2.  Without  lamps  fixed  up,  lighted  and  numbered  as  required  by  law;  or,. 

3.  If  the  same,  in  his  opinion,  shall  be  improperly  obstructing  the  way 
or  streets;  or, 

4.  If  the  horses  attached  thereto  are  unruly;  or, 

5.  If  the  driver  or  person  having  charge  of  any  such  hackney  carriage  is 
intoxicated,  or  shall  solicit  patronage  or  employment  for  the  same,  or  any 
other  hackney  carriage,  in  a  loud  voice  or  boisterous  manner,  or  shall  in  any 
way,  for  the  purpose  of  seeking  or  procuring  employment  for  the  same,  or 
any  other  hackney  carriage,  molest  any  person. 

Any  person  refusing  or  neglecting  to  comply  with  any  order  such  police- 
man may  lawfully  make  under  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor. 
In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  December  20,  1880. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes— Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  Drake,  Whitney,  Fraser^ 
Bayly. 
Noes — Supervisors  Eastman,  Taylor,  Doane,  Stetson. 
Absent — Supervisor  Torrey. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved  San  Francisco,  December  23,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-oflacio  President  Board  of  Supervisors, 


OKDEE  No.  1,589. 


IMPOSING  MUNICIPAL  LICENSES. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Penalty.] 

Section  1.  Every  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
order  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  im- 
prisonment not  more  than  six  months,  or  by  both. 


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[Municipal  Licenses.] 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  engage  in  or  carry  on 
any  business,  trade,  profession  or  calling,  for  the  transaction  or  carrying  on 
of  which  a  license  is  required,  without  first  taking  out  or  procuring  the 
license  required  for  such  business,  trade,  profession  or  calling. 


[Transfer  of  License  to  be  Recorded— Individuals,  Firms  or  Corporations.] 

Section  3.  No  license  granted  or  issued  under  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  order  shall  be  in  any  manner  assignable  or  transferable,  or  authorize  any 
person  other  than  is  therein  mentioned  or  named  to  do  business  or 
authorize  any  other  business  than  is  therein  mentioned  or  named  to  be  done 
or  transacted,  or  the  business  therein  mentioned  or  named  to  be  done  or 
transacted,  at  any  place  other  than  is  therein  mentioned  or  named,  without 
permission  from  the  Collector  of  Licenses  endorsed  thereon. 

The  Collector  of  Licenses  shall,  at  the  time  of  granting  such  permission, 
immediately  record  such  change  or  transfer  upon  the  proper  registry. 

A  license  for  any  business  conducted  at  a  particular  or  fixed  locality,  except 
those  branches  of  business  mentioned  in  sections  thirteen  and  fourteen  of 
this  Order,  shall  authorize  the  transaction  of  such  business  by  an  individual, 
a  firm  or  a  corporation. 

Every  such  license  shall  specify,  by  name,  the  person,  firm,  or  corporation 
to  whom  or  which  it  shall  be  issued,  and  shall  designate  the  particular  place 
at  which  the  business  shall  be  carried  on. 


[Trial  of  Criminal  Action— Production  of  License.] 

Section  4.  Upon  the  trial  of  any  criminal  action,  brought  under  or  aris- 
ing from  any  provision  or  provisions  of  this  Order,  the  defendant  shall  be 
deemed  not  to  have  procured  the  municipal  license  required  for  the  current 
time,  unless  he  or  she  either  produces  the  same  or  proves  having  paid  for 
the  same  to  the  proper  oflBcer. 


[Evidence  of  Liability  of  Party  to  Pay  License.] 

Section  5.  In  any  action  brought  under  or  arising  out  of  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Order,  the  fact  that  a  party  thereto  represented  himself  or  her- 
self as  engaged  in  any  busines  or  calling,  for  the  transaction  of  which  a 
license  is  by  this  Order  required,  or  that  such  party  exhibited  a  sign  indicat- 
ing such  business  or  calling,  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  of  the  liability  of 
such  party  to  pay  for  a  license. 


72  GENERAL   OKDERS   OF  THE 

[Gratuitous  License.] 

Section  6 .  If  any  person  shall  furnish  such  evidence  as  shall  satisfy  the 
Oommittee  on  License  and  Orders,  that  he  or  she,  by  reason  of  misfortune  or 
physical  infirmities,  merits  exemption  from  the  provision  of  any  section  or 
clause  of  this  Order,  a  free  or  gratuitous  license  may  be  issued  to  such  party 
upon  the  recommendation  of  said  Committee — said  license  to  be  counter- 
signed by  a  majority  of  said  Committee. 

[Date  of  License.] 

Section  7.  All  licenses  for  owners,  keepers  and  drivers  of  vehicles  and 
hackney  carriages,  and  owners  and  keepers  of  boats,  shall  date  from  the  first 
day  of  January  or  July  of  each  year,  and  shall  be  issued  for  one  year  from 
either  of  the  aforesaid  dates. 

All  licenses  for  vehicles  shall  date  from  the  first  day  of  January  or  July  of 
each  year,  and  shall  be  issued  for  one  year  from  either  of  the  aforesaid  dates. 

All  licenses  for  drivers  of  hackney  carriages  and  boatmen  shall  date  from 
July  of  each  year,  and  shall  be  issued  for  one  year  from  the  aforesaid  date. 

Licenses  on  all  dogs  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  July  of  each  year,  and 
shall  be  issued  for  one  year  from  the  aforesaid  date. 

All  licenses  for  street  railroad  passenger  cars,  insurance  companies,  run- 
ners and  solicitors,  peddlers  of  produce,  fish,  fruit,  game,  vegetables  and 
merchandise  from  baskets  or  wagons  shall  date  from  the  first  day  of  January, 
April,  July  or  October  of  each  year,  and  shall  be  issued.for  the  term  of  three 
months;  provided,  an  application  for  the  first  time,  and  said  application  being 
made  after  the  first  day  of  the  last  month  of  the  aforesaid  quarter,  then  the 
Collector  of  Licenses  may  issue  a  license  to  the  end  of  the  succeeding  quarter 
from  the  date  of  issuance. 

All  licenses  for  theatres,  concert  halls,  places  of  amusement,  entertain- 
ments or  exhibitions  may  be  issued  for  the  period  of  one  year,  for  three 
months,  for  one  month,  and  for  one  day. 

All  other  licenses  shall  be  issued  for  the  period  of  three  months  to  date 
from  the  expiration  of  the  last  license,  or  from  the  date  that  the  applicant 
shall  have  commenced  business  for  which  a  license  shall  be  required. 

[Licenses  payable  in  Coin;  Receipts  must  be  given.] 

Section  8.  All  licenses  shall  be  paid  for  in  advance  in  the  gold  and  silver 
coin  of  the  United  States. 

No  receipts  for  licenses  shall  be  issued  by  the  Collector  of  Licenses  on  any 
other  blanks  than  those  received  from  the  Auditor. 

No  greater  or  less  amount  of  money  shall  be  charged  or  received  for  licen- 
ses so  issued  than  is  charged  to  the  said  License  Collector  by  the  Auditor  and 
printed  on  said  license  receipts. 


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^o  license  receipt  shall  be  sold  or  issued  by  the  License  Collector  for  any 
period  of  time  exceeding  the  time  printed  on  the  license  receipt,  and  for 
i^vhich  time  the  slame  was  issued  and  charged  to  the  License  Collector  by  the 
Auditor. 

No  person  required  to  be  licensed  shall  receive  from  the  License  Collector 
.  or  his  deputies  any  license  receipt  for  a  longer  period  than  the  time  printed 
on  said  license  blank,  or  pay  for  any  license  receipt  any  greater  or  less 
amount  of  money  than  the  amount  printed  on  said  license  receipt. 

No  person  required  to  be  licensed  shall  pay  any  sum  of  money  to  the  Li- 
<}en8e  Collector  or  his  deputies  for  a  license,  without  demanding  and  receiv- 
ing therefor  a  license  receipt,  on  which  is  printed  the  time  for  which  said 
license  is  issued  and  the  amount  paid  therefor. 

[License  to  be  Exhibited.] 

Section  9.  Every  person  having  a  license  under  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter  shall  exhibit  the  same  at  all  times  while  in  force  in  some  conspicuous 
part  of  his  or  her  place  of  business,  and  shall  produce  the  same  when  apply- 
ing for  a  renewal,  or  when  requested  to  do  so  by  any  Supervisor  or  any  officer 
of  the  License  or  Police  Department. 

Every  peddler  while  engaged  in  peddling  shall  carry  his  or  her  license  and 
•exhibit  the  same  if  requested  by  any  municipal  officer. 

[Rates  of  License.] 

Section  10.  The  rates  of  license  shall  be  according  to  the  following 
schedule : 


[Real  Estate  Agents,  House  Brokers,  Expressmen  and  Express  Agents.] 

• 

1.    For  real  estate  agents,  house  brokers,  expressmen  and  express  agents: 

Whose  commissions  or  gross  profits  are  not  less  than  $10,000  per  quarter, 
one  hundred  dollars  per  quarter; 

For  those  whose  commissions  or  gross  profits  are  less  than  $10,000  and  not 
less  than  $7,500  per  quarter,  seventy-five  dollars; 

For  those  whose  commissions  or  gross  profits  are  less  than  $7,500  and  not 
less  than  $5,000  per  quarter,  fifty  dollars; 

For  those  whose  commissions  or  gross  profits  are  less  than  $5,000  and  not 
less  than  $2,500  per  quarter,  twenty-five  dollars; 

For  those  whose  commissions  or  gross  profits  are  less  than  $2,500  and  not 
less  than  $1,500  per  quarter,  fifteen  dollars; 

For  those  whose  commissions  or  gross  profits  are  less  than  $1,500  and  not 
less  than  $750  per  quarter,  ten  dollars; 


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For  those  whose  gross  profits  are  less  than  $750  per  quarter,  five  dollars. 

2.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  buying  or  selling  of 
real  estate,  houses,  or  collecting  rents,  shall  be  deemed  real  estate  agents 
under  this  section. 

[Hotels,  Boarding  Houses,  etc.] 

II.  For  keepers  of  hotels,  or  boarding  houses,  or  lodging  houses  or  res- 
taurants, or  places  of  refreshment: 

Those  whose  gross  receipts  are  more  than  $250,000  per  quarter,  $100  00  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  $150,000  and  less  than  $250,000  per 
quarter,  $60  00  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  $75,000  and  less  than  $150,000  per 
quarter,  $40  00  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  $50,000  and  less  than  $75,000  per 
quarter,  $20  00  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  $25,000  and  less  than  $50,000  per 
quarter,  $15  00  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  $15,000  and  less  than  $25,000  per 
quarter,  $10  00  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  $6,000  and  less  than  $15,000  per 
quarter,  $6  00  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  $1,000  and  less  than  $6,000  per  quar- 
ter, $3  00  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  gross  receipts  are  less  than  $1,000  per  quarter,  no  license  shall 
be  required ;  provided,  that  no  person  shall  be  entitled  to  this  exemption  un- 
less he  or  she  files  with  the  Collector  of  Licenses  every  three  months  a  sworn 
statement  of  his  or  her  receipts. 


[Dance  Houses,  Ball  Booms,  etc.] 

III.  For  keepers  of  public  dance  houses,  common  ball  rooms,  seventy- 
five  dollars  per  quarter,  or  ten  dollars  per  night,  in  addition  to  the  liquor 
license  required  by  law  to  be  paid. 


[Vendors  of  Gunpowder.] 

IV.  For  vendors  of  gunpowder  two  and  a  half  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Keepers  of  Gunpowder  Magazines.] 

V.  For  keepers  of  gunpowder  magazines,  thirty  dollars  per  quarter. 


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[Keepers  of  Shooting  Galleries.] 

VI.  For  keepers  of  shooting  galleries,  seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per 
quarter,  exclusive  of  powder  license. 

[Peddlers  of  Merchandise.] 

VII.  For  peddlers  of  merchandise,  from  vehicles  drawn  by  animal  power, 
twelve  dollars  per  quarter;  and  from  hand,  seven  dollars  and  a  half  per 
quarter. 

[Peddlers  of  Meat,  Vegetables,  etc.] 

VIII.  For  peddlers  of  meats,  fish,  vegetables,  fruit,  game,  poultry,  gro- 
ceries, produce  and  dairy  products,  from  vehicles  or  baskets,  ten  dollars  per 
quarter;  provided,  that  all  persons  peddling  from  a  vehicle  or  basket  shall 
have  securely  fastened  or  attached  to  the  same  a  metallic  plate  or  tag  which 
shall  specify  the  quarter  for  which  such  license  shall  have  been  issued;  pro- 
vided, that  the  Collector  of  Licenses  shall  designate  the  style  or  pattern  of 
said  tag  or  plate,  and  the  place  at  which  it  shall  be  attached  or  fastened  to 
said  vehicle  or  basket. 

All  License  and  Police  Officers  are  hereby  authorized  to  remove  from  any 
basket  or  vehicle  any  tag  or  plate  representing  a  license  for  an  expired  quar- 
ter, and  destroy  the  same. 

[Keepers  or  Owners  of   Warehouses.] 

IX.  For  keepers  or  owners  of  any  warehouse  used  for  the  storage  of  any 
goods,  wares  or  merchandise  for  pay,  as  follows : 

For  those  whose  gross  receipts  for  storage  are  not  less  than  $2,000  per 
month,  $30  per  quarter. 

For  those  whose  gross  receipts  for  storage  are  less  than  $2,000,  and  not  less 
than  $1,500  per  month,  $20  per  quarter. 

For  those  whose  gross  receipts  for  storage  are  less  than  $1,500,  and  not  less 
than  $750  per  month,  $15  per  quarter. 

For  those  whose  gross  receipts  for  storage  are  less  than  $750  per  month,  $10 
per  quarter. 

[Slaughterers'  Licenses.] 

X.  Every  person  or  firm  engaged  in  the  business  of  slaughtering  cattle,, 
or  calves,  or  sheep,  or  hogs,  or  other  live  stock,  shall  pay  licenses  as  follows,. 
viz. : 


76  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

[Large  Stock.] 

Those  who  slaughter  a  less  number  than  five  hundred  of  lareje  stock  per 
•quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  $5  00  per  quarter. 

Those  who  slaughter  a  less  number  than  twelve  hundred  and  not  less  than 
iive  hundred  of  large  stock  per  quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  $10  00  per 
quarter. 

Those  who  slaughter  a  less  number  than  twenty-five  hundred  and  not  less 
than  twelve  hundred  of  large  stock  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of  $20  00 
per  quarter. 

Those  who  slaughter  a  less  number  than  four  thousand  and  not  less  than 
iwenty-five  hundred  of  large  stock  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of  $30  00 
per  quarter. 

Those  who  slaughter  four  thousand  and  over  of  large  stock  per  quarter, 
«hall  pay  a  license  of  $50  00  per  quarter. 


[Small  Stock.] 

Those  who  slaughter  a  less  number  than  fifteen  hundred  of  small  stock 
^er  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of  $3  00  per  quarter. 

Those  who  slaughter  a  less  number  than  four  thousand  and  not  less  than 
fifteen  hundred  of  small  stock  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of  $7  50  per 
quarter. 

Those  who  slaughter  a  less  number  than  ten  thousand  and  not  less  than 
four  thousand  of  small  stock  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of  $15  00  per 
quarter. 

Those  who  slaughter  ten  thousand  and  over  of  small  stock  per  quarter, 
shall  pay  a  license  of  $20  00  per  quarter. 

Within  the  meaning  of  this  section  the  term  "large  stock  "  shall  include 
all  horned  cattle  over  eighteen  months  of  age;  and  the  term  **  small  stock  " 
.shall  include  all  horned  cattle  under  eighteen  months  of  age,  and  all  calves, 
sheep,  hogs  and  lambs;  and  parties  slaughtering  both  kinds  of  stock  shall 
pay  license  for  both. 

[Shipping  Office  Keepers.] 

XI.  For  keepers  of  shipping  offices,  ten  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Street  Bailroad  Passenger  Oars.] 

XII.  For  street-railroad  passenger  cars,  for  each  car  drawn  or  propelled 
by  steam,  or  by  means  of  wire  rope  or  cable  attached  to  stationary  steam  en- 
gines, or  by  two  horses  or  mules,  $15  00  per  annum;  and  for  each  car  drawn 
by  one  horse  or  mule,  $10  00  per  annum. 


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[Freight  Cars.] 

XIII.  For  railroad  freight  or  dirt  cars,  for  each  car  ten  dollars  per  annum. 

[Hackney  Carriages.] 

XIV.  For  owners  of  hackney  carriages : 

For  each  vehicle  drawn  by  more  than  one  horse,  and  having  seats  for  more 
than  four  passengers,  ten  dollars  per  annum; 

For  each  vehicle  drawn  by  more  than  one  animal,  and|not  having  seats  for 
more  than  four  persons,  five  dollars  per  annum; 

For  each  vehicle  drawn  by  one  horse,  three  dollars  per  annum. 

[Drivers'  Hackney  Carriages.] 

XV.  For  drivers  of  hackney  carriages  and  boatmen,  one  dollar  per  annum  .► 

[Trucks  and  Vehicles,  etc.  ] 

XVI.  For  owners  of  all  trucks  or  box  wagons,  for  each  truck  or  box 
wagon,  drawn  by  two  horses,  five  dollars  per  annum;  and  for  each  truck  or 
box  wagon  drawn  by  more  than  two  horses,  ten  dollars  per  annum. 

For  owners  of  all  other  kinds  of  vehicles,  except  privatejcarriages,  for  each 
vehicle  drawn  by  more  than  one  horse,  two  and  a  half  dollars  per  annum;, 
for  each  vehicle  drawn  by  one  horse,  one  dollar  and  a  half  per  annum. 

[Drivers'  Badges.] 

XVII.  For  Drivers'  badges,  $2  50  each. 

[Assayers,  Melters  and  Refiners.] 

XVIII.  For  assayers  of  ores  and  precious  metals,  and  melters  and  refiners 
of  precious  metals: 

Whose  gross  commissions,  and  percentage  are  more  than  $2,000  per  month, 
fifty  dollars  per  quarter. 

For  those  whose  gross  commissions  and  percentage  are  less  than  $2,000 
per  month,  five  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Race  Courses  and  Exhibitions.] 

XIX .  For  keepers  of  race  courses,  and  for  persons  engaged  in  public  ex- 
hibitions of  any  kind  therein ,  for  each  exhibition  not  continuing  for  more 
than  one  day,  and  for  each  day  of  any  exhibition,  five  dollars. 


78  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

Provided,  that  the  keeper  of  any  race  course,  by  payment  of  thirty  dollars, 
may  procure  therefor  a  license  for  a  whole  quarter,  or  any  portion  of  a  quar- 
ter, which  license  shall  exempt  from  further  license  all  persons  engaged  in 
any  exhibition  at  or  upon  such  race  course;  but  no  such  license  shall  be 
granted  unless  applied  for  and  paid  at  least  six  hours  previous  to  the  eihi- 
tion  intended  to  be  included  within  the  license. 


[Laundries.] 

XX.  For  keepers  or  owners  of  laundries,  license  shall  be  paid  according 
to  the  number  of  persons  employed  in  carrying  on  or  conducting  the  same: 

Those  who  employ  more  than  three  persons  and  less  than  twelve  persons, 
six  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  who  employ  not  less  than  twelve  persons  and  less  than  twenty  per- 
sons, twelve  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  who  employ  twenty  or  more  persons,  twenty  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Street  Musicians.] 

XXI.  For  street  musicians,  ten  dollars  per  quarter  for  each  instrument 
Tised,  but  no  license  shall  be  issued  except  with  the  consent  of  the  l^ayor. 

[Astrologers,  Fortune  Tellers,  Clairvoyants,  etc.] 

XXII.  For  astrologers,  seers,  fortune  tellers  and  clairvoyants,  twenty-five 
dollars  per  quarter.     (As  amended  October  30,  1883,  by  Order  1,745.) 

[Owners  of  Boats.] 

XXIII.  For  owners  of  boats,  ten  dollars  per  annum  for  each  boat. 

[Bill  Posters.] 

XXIV.  For  bill  posters,  advertising  sign  painters  and  street-car  adver- 
tisers, ten  dollars  per  quarter, 

[Petroleum.] 

XXV.  For  storage  of  petroleum  or  the  product  of  petroleum,  subject 
to  such  regulations  as  are  or  may  be  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  in 
relation  thereto,  ten  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Runners  and  Soliciting  Agents.]  * 

XXVI.  For  runners  and  soliciting  agents,  ten  dollars  per  quarter. 
For  runners'  badges,  $1  50  each, 


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[License  on  Dogs.] 

XXVII.  The  license  tax  on  every  dog  shall  be  two  dollars  per  annum. 

TDuplicate  Dog  Tags.] 

Whenever  a  dog  tag,  issued  for  the  current  year  by  the  License  Collector, 
has  been  taken  and  stolen  by  parties  unknown  to  the  owner  of  the  dog  for 
which  the  same  was  issued,  the  owner  or  person  having  control  of  such  dog, 
may,  on  the  payment  of  fifty  cents,  and  on  making  and  subscribing  to  an 
affidavit  of  such  loss,  receive  from  said  License  Collector  a  duplicate  tag  for 
the  remaining  portion  of  the  then  current  year. 

[Insurance  Licenses.] 

XXVIII.  Every  person,  or  firm,  or  corporation,  engaged  in  the  business 
of  insurance  in  this  city  and  county ,  as  agent  or  agents  of  or  for  any  insur- 
ance company  or  combination  of  companies,  shall  pay,  for  each  and  every 
such  company  or  combination  of  companies  represented  by  him  or  them  as 
agent  or  agents,  a  license  according  to  the  total  amount  of  premiums  re- 
ceived; provided,  in  fire  insurance,  the  premiums  for  insurance  on  property 
within  the  limits  of  the  city  and  county  only  shall  be  the  basis  of  the  license 
to  be  granted  or  renewed. 

Those  whose  total  amount  of  premiums  is  $50,000  and  over  per  quarter 
shall  pay  a  license  of  $100  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  total  amount  of  premiums  is  $25,000  and  less  than  $50,000 
per  quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  $75  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  total  amount  of  premiums  is  $10,000  and  less  than  $25,000 
per  quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  $50  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  total  amount  of  premiums  is  $5,000  and  less  than  $10,000 
per  quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  $25  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  total  amount  of  premiums  is  less  than  $5,000  per  quarter 
shall  pay  a  license  of  $10  per  quarter. 

MEBCHANDISE  BBOKEBS'   LICENSES. 

[Persons  or  Firms  engaged  in  Buying  or  Selling  Goods,  Wares,  Merchandise,  etc.,  to  be 

Licensed.] 

XXIX.  Each  person  or  firm  who  shall  be  engaged  in  the  business  of  buy- 
ing or  selling  any  meats,  provisions,  produce,  goods,  wares  or  merchandise, 
wines  or  distilled  liquors,  drugs  or  medicines,  jewelry  or  wares  of  precious 
metals,  whether  on  commission  or  otherwise,  as  broker  for  owner  or  con- 
signee, shall  pay  a  license  in  the  amount  of  the  business  done  as  follows: 


80  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

■*  [First  Class.] 

1.  Those  doing  business  in  the  aggregate  to  the  amount  of  two  hnndred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  over  per  quarter  constitute  the  First  Class, 
and  must  pay  a  license  of  one  hundred  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Second  Class.] 

2.  Those  doing  business  to  the  amount  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
and  less  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute- 
the  Second  Class,  and  must  pay  a  license  of  eighty  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Third  Class.] 

3.  Those  doing  a  business  to  the  amount  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars 
and  less  than  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  Third 
Class,  and  must  pay  a  license  of  forty  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Fourth  Class.] 

4.  Those  doing  business  to  the  amount  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  less 
than  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  Fourth  Class, 
and  must  pay  a  license  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Fifth  Class.] 

5.  Those  doing  business  in  any  amount  under  fifty  thousand  dollars  and 
over  twenty  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  Fifth  Class,  and  must 
pay  a  license  of  fifteen  dollars  per  quarter.       * 

[Sixth  Class.] 

6.  Those  doing  business  in  any  amount  under  twenty  thousand  dollars 
per  quarter  constitute  the  Sixth  Class,  and  must  pay  a  license  of  five  dollars 
per  quarter. 

[Designation  of  Licenses  issued.] 

All  licenses  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  of  this  section 
shall  be  designated  and  known  as  "Merchandise  Brokers'  Licenses." 

[Commercial  Travelers,  Drummers,  Commercial  Agents  and  Traveling  Agents'  Licenses.] 

XXX.  Every  person  who,  within  the  limits  of  this  city  and  county, 
engages  in  the  business,  or  occupation,  or  calling  of  what  is  commonly  known 


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as  a  commercial  traveler,  or  drummer,  or  commercial  agent,  or  traveling 
agent,  and  sells  or  offers  to  sell,  or  solicits  for  the  sale  or  purchase  of  any 
goods,  or  wares,  or  merchandise,  shall  pay  a  license  as  hereinafter  specified. 

Those  doing  a  business  to  the  amount  of  $90,000  and  over  per  quarter  shall 
pay  a  license  of  $100  per  quarter. 

Those  doing  a  business  to  the  amount  of  $50,000  per  quarter  and  less  than 
$90,000  per  quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  $60  per  quarter. 

Those  doing  a  business  to  the  amount  of  $20,000  per  quarter  and  less  than 
$50,000  per  quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  $40  per  quarter. 

Those  doing  a  business  of  less  amount  than  $20,000  per  quarter  shall  pay  a 
license  of  $25  per  quarter. 

In  all  cases  where  the  Collector  of  Licenses  believes,  or  it  is  charged  by  a 
citizen  of  this  city  and  county  that  any  particular  person  is  liable  to  the 
license  provided  for  in  this  section,  such  person  may  be  required  by  said  Col- 
lector of  Licenses  to  subscribe  to  a  sworn  statement  that  he  has  truly  and 
correctly  answered  all  questions  touching  his  liability  to  said  license  and 
amount  of  the  same.  In  case  of  refusal  of  said  person  to  answer  truly  and 
correctly  the  questions  p,)it  to  him,  he  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
punished  accordingly. 


[Insurauce  Solicitors,  or  Drummers,  and  Adjusters  of  Insurance.] 

XXXI.  For  insurance  solicitors,  or  drummers,  and  adjusters  of  insurance 
whose  gross  receipts  are  five  hundred  dollars  or  over  per  month,  shall  pay  a 
license  of  twenty  dollars  per  quarter. 

Second — For  those  whose  gross  receipts  are  less  than  five  hundred  dollars 
per  month,  shall  pay  a  license  of  five  dollars  per  quarter. 


[Custom-hoiiBe  Brokers.] 

XXXII.  First — For  custom-house  brokers  whose  receipts  are  less  than  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  month,  five  dollars  per  quarter. 

Second — For  those  whose  gross  receipts  are  less  than  five  hundred  dollars 
and  not  less  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  month,  ten  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Third— For  those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  five  hundred  dollars  per 
month,  twenty  dollars  per  quarter. 


[Railroad  and  Stage  Line  Agencies.! 

XXXIII.     First — For  every  railroad  agency,  twenty-five  dollars  per  quarter. 
Second — For  every  stage  line  agency,  ten  dollars  per  quarter. 

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82  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

[Mercantile  Agencies  and  Collection  Agents.] 

XXXIV.  First — For  keepers  or  managers  of  any  mercantile  or  collection 
agency,  or  commercial  bureau,  and  all  collection  agents,  where  the  receipts 
are  less  than  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per  month,  fifteen  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Second — For  those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty-five  hundred  dol- 
lars per  month,  thirty  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Dancing  and  Riding  Academies  and  Schools,  and  Persons  keeping  the  same;  and  Persons 
engaged  in  Teaching  Dancing  for  hire  or  gain.] 

XXXV.  First — For  keepers  and  owners  of  dancing  and  riding  academies 
or  schools,  whose  gross  receipts  are  less  than  five  hundred  dollars  per  month, 
ten  dollars  per  quarter. 

Second — For  those  whose  gross  receipts  are  over  five  hundred  dollars  per 
month,  twenty  dollars  per  quarter. 

Third — For  any  person  who  teaches  any  other  person,  for  hire  or  gain,  the 
art  of  dancing,  whose  gross  receipts  are  less  thaq  five  hundred  dollars  per 
month,  ten  dollars  per  quarter;  and  for  any  such  person  whose  gross  receipts 
are  over  five  hundred  dollars  per  month,  twenty -five  dollars  per  quarter; 

Provided,  that  the  ballet  masters  and  dancing  teachers  employed  by  any 
theatre  and  practicing  their  profession  therein  shall  be  exempt  from  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Order.     (As  amended  June  26,  1883,  by  Order  1,724. ) 

[Stock  Brokers'  License.] 

XXXVI.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of 
buying  or  selling  mining  stocks,  bonds,  State,  county  or  city  stocks,  or  stocks 
of  incorporated  companies,  or  evidences  of  indebtedness  of  private  persons 
or  of  incorporated  companies,  on  commission  or  otherwise,  shall  pay  licenses 
as  follows: 

First — Those  whose  aggregate  purchases  and  sales  amount  to  three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  over  per  quarter  constitute  the  first  class, 
and  shall  pay  a  license  of  fifty-one  dollars  per  quarter. 

Second — Those  whose  aggregate  purchases  and  sales  amount  to  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  less  than  three  hundred  and  fifty  thou- 
sand dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  second  class,  and  shall  pay  a  license 
of  forty-one  dollars  per  quarter. 

Third — Those  whose  aggregate  purchases  and  sales  amount  to  one  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars  and  less  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dol- 
lars per  quarter  constitute  the  third  class,  and  shall  pay  a  license  of  twenty- 
six  dollars  per  quarter. 

Fourth — Those  whose  aggregate  purchases  and  sales  amount  to  seventy- 
five  thousand  dollars  and  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars 
per  quarter  constitute  the  fourth  class,  and  shall  pay  a  license  of  sixteen 
dollars  per  quarter. 


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Fifth— Those  whose  aggregate  purchases  and  sales  amount  to  twenty  thou- 
sand dollars  and  less  than  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  consti- 
tute the  fifth  class,  and  shall  pay  a  license  of  eleven  dollars  per  quarter. 

Sixth — Those  whose  aggregate  purchases  and  sales  amount  to  less  than 
twenty  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  sixth  class,  and  shall  pay 
B.  license  of  six  dollars  per  quarter. 

Seventh— All  licenses  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision 
shall  be  known  and  designated  as  "  Brokers'  License." 

[Bankers'  License.] 

XXXVII.  All  persons,  firms  and  corporations  engaged  in  the  business  of 
loaning  money  at  interest,  receiving  deposits  or  buying  and  selling  gold  and 
silver  coin,  or  currency,  or  notes  or  bills  of  exchange,  and  gold  and  silver 
bullion,  shall  be  divided  into  four  classes,  and  shall  pay  licenses  as  follows : 

First — Those  whose  total  receipts  shall  exceed  in  the  aggregate  the  sum  of 
two  million  of  dollars  per  quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  three  hundred  and 
one  dollars  per  quarter. 

Second—Those  whose  total  receipts  shall  exceed  in  the  aggregate  the  sum 
of  one  million  dollars  and  less  than  two  millions  per  quarter  shall  pay  a 
license  of  two  hundred  and  one  dollars  per  quarter. 

Third — Those  whose  total  receipts  shall  exceed  in  the  aggregate  the  sum  of 
five  hundred  thousand  dollars  and  less  than  one  million  dollars  per  quarter 
shall  pay  a  license  of  one  hundred  and  one  dollars  per  quarter. 

Fourth— Those  whose  total  receipts  shall  be  in  any  amount  under  five 
hundred  thousand  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of  fifty-one  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Fifth — All  licenses  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  be 
known  and  designated  as  **  Bankers'  License." 

[Merchandise  License.] 

XXXVIII.  Every  person  who,  at  any  fixed  place  of  business,  sella  any 
goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  on  commission  or  otherwise  (except  agricul- 
tural or  vinicultural  productions  of  any  stock,  dairy  or  poultry  farm  of  this 
State,  when  sold  by  the  producer  thereof,  and  except  such  as  are  sold  by 
auctioneers  at  public  sale  under  license),  shall  pay  licenses  as  follows: 

First — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  five  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars and  over  per  quarter  constitute  the  first  class,  and  shall  pay  a  license  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty-one  dollars  per  quarter. 

Second — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  three  hundred  thousand 
dollars  and  less  than  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute 
the  second  class,  and  shall  pay  a  license  of  one  hundred  and  fifty -one  dollars 
per  quarter. 


84  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF  THE 

Third — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  two  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars and  less  than  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the- 
third  class,  and  shall  pay  a  license  of  one  hundred  and  one  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Fourth— Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars  and  less  than  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  quarter 
constitute  the  fourth  class,  and  shall  pay  a  license  of  sixty -six  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Fifth — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  seventy-five  thousand  dol- 
lars and  less  than  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  per  quarter 
•constitute  the  fifth  class,  and  shall  pay  a  license  of  forty-one  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Sixtli — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  fifty  thousand  dollars  and 
less  than  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  sixth  class^ 
and  shall  pay  a  license  of  twenty-six  dollars  per  quarter. 

Seventh — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  thirty  thousand  dollar* 
and  less  than  fifty  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  seventh  class, 
and  shall  pay  a  license  of  nineteen  dollars  per  quarter. 

Eighth — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  twenty  thousand  dollar* 
and  less  than  thirty  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  eighth  class, 
and  shall  pay  a  license  of  thirteen  dollars  per  quarter. 

Ninth — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  ten  thousand  dollars  and 
less  than  twenty  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  ninth  class,  and 
shall  pay  a  license  of  eight  dollars  per  quarter. 

Tenth— Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  five  thousand  dollars  and 
less  than  ten  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  tenth  class,  and 
shall  pay  a  license  of  six  dollars  per  quarter. 

Eleventh — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  fifteen  hundred  dollar* 
and  less  than  five  thousand  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  eleventh  class, 
and  shall  pay  a  license  of  four  dollars  per  quarter. 

Twelfth — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  six  hundred  dollars  and 
less  than  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  quarter  constitute  the  twelfth  class,  and 
shall  pay  a  license  of  two  dollars  per  quarter. 

Thirteenth — Those  whose  aggregate  sales  amount  to  less  than  six  hundred 
dollars  per  quarter  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  a  license;  provided,  that  no 
person  shall  be  entitled  to  this  exemption  unless  he  files  with  the  License 
Collector  every  three  months  a  sworn  statement  of  the  amount  of  his  sales. 
All  licenses  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  be  known 
and  designated  as  "  Merchandise  License." 

[Retail  Dealers'  License.] 

XXXIX.  Every  person  who  sells  spirituous  or  malt  or  fermented  liquors 
or  wines  in  less  quantities  than  one  quart,  shall  be  designated  as  a  *' retail 
liquor  dealer"  and  as  a  "grocery  and  retail  liquor  dealer,"  and  shall  pay- 
licenses  as  follows : 


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First— Those  making  sales  to  the  amount  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars  and 
over  per  quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  forty-one  dollars  per  quarter. 

Second — Those  making  sales  of  less  than  fifteen  thousand  dollars  per 
quarter  shall  pay  a  licenge  of  twenty-one  dollars  per  quarter;  provided,  that 
on  and  after  January  1st,  1880,  no  license  as  a  "retail  liquor  dealer,"  or  as 
B.  ' '  grocer  and  retail  liquor  dealer, ' '  shall  be  issued  by  the  Collector  of 
Licenses,  unless  the  person  desiring  the  same  shall  have  obtained  the  written 
consent  of  a  majority  of  the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  of  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco  to  carry  on  or  conduct  said  business;  but  in  case  of 
refusal  of  such  consent  upon  application,  said  Board  of  Police  Commission- 
ers shall  grant  the  same  upon  the  written  recommendation  of  not  less  than' 
twelve  citizens  of  San  Francisco  owning  real  estate  in  the  block  or  square  in 
which  said  business  of  •'  retail  liquor  dealer  "  or  "  grocery  and  retail  liquor 
dealer  "is  to  be  carried  on.  All  licenses  issued  under  this  section  shall  be 
known  and  designated  as  "retail  liquor  dealer"  and  "grocery  and  retail 
liquor  dealer  "  license. 

Third — Every  person  who  sells  cider,  sarsaparilla,  ginger  pop  or  soda  or 
mineral  water,  except  from  a  fountain,  in  quantities  of  less  than  one  quart, 
«hall,  in  addition  to  the  license  required  to  be  paid,  be  subject  to  the  condi- 
tions and  provisions  contained  in  subdivision  three  of  this  section.  No 
license  shall  be  required  by  physicians,  surgeons,  or  apothecaries,  or  chem- 
ists, for  any  wines  or  spirituous  liquors  they  may  use  in  the  preparation  of 
medicines. 

Fourth— Every  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  or 
falsely  representing  himself  as  being  a  citizen  of  San  Francisco,  and  owning 
real  estate  in  the  block  or  square  therein  specified,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor. 

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[Auctioners'  License. 

XL.     Auctioneers  shall  pay  licenses  as  follows: 

First — Those  whose  sales  amount  to  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  and 
■over  per  quarter  shall  pay  a  license  of  two  hundred  and  one  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Second — Those  whose  sales  amount  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
dollars  and  less  than  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a 
license  of  one  hundred  and  one  dollars  per  quarter. 

Third — Those  whose  sales  amount  to  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  and 
less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a 
license  of 'fifty-one  dollars  per  quarter. 

Fourth. — Those  whose  sales  amount  to  thirty  thousand  dollars  and  less 
than  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of  twenty- 
six  dollars  per  quarter. 

Fifth— Those  whose  sales  amount  to  fifteen  thousand  dollars  and  less  than 
thirty  thousand  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of  eleven  dollars  per 
ijuarter. 


86  GENEEAL   ORDERS   OF  THE 

Sixth — Those  whose  sales  amount  to  fifteen  thousand  dollars  per  quarter 
shall  pay  a  license  of  six  dollars  per  quarter. 

Seventh — All  licenses  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall 
be  known  and  designated  as  "Auctioneers*  Licenses." 

[Livery  Stable  License.] 

XLI.    All  keepers  or  owners  of  livery  stables  shall  pay  licenses  as  follows  r 

First — Those  whose  gross  receipts  from  the  hiring  of  horses  and  carriages 
amount  to  four  thousand  dollars  and  over  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of 
eight  dollars  per  quarter. 

Second — Those  whose  gross  receipts  from  hiring  of  horses  and  carriages- 
amount  to  less  than  four  thousand  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  a  license  of 
four  dollars  per  quarter. 

Third— All  licenses  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall 
be  known  and  designated  as  "  Livery  Stable  License." 

•  [Theatre  License.] 

XLII.  Every  proprietor  or  lessee  of  any  theatre,  concert  hall,  or  of  any 
place  of  amusement,  entertainment  or  exhibition,  shall  pay  licenses  accord- 
ing to  the  seating  capacity  of  such  theatre,  concert  hall,  or  other  place  of 
amusement,  entertainment  or  exhibition. 

One  seat  is  twenty-two  inches. 

First — Those  seating  nine  hundred  and  seventy-five  persons  or  more  shall 
pay  a  license,  if  issued  for  one  year,  of  three  hundred  and  one  dollars  per 
annum;  if  for  three  months,  one  hundred  and  one  dollars  per  quarter;  if  for 
one  month,  fifty-one  dollars  per  month;  if  for  one  day,  five  dollars  per  day. 

Second — Those  seating  less  than  nine  hundred  and  seventy-five  persons^ 
shall  pay  a  license,  fo^r  one  year,  of  two  hundred  and  one  dollars;  for  three 
months,  seventy-six  dollars;  for  one  month,  forty-one  dollars;  for  one  day 
five  dollars. 

Third — All  licenses  issued  under  the.  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall 
be  known  and  designated  as  "  Theater  License,"  but  no  license  shall  be  re- 
quired of  exhibitions  or  entertainments  given  for  the  benefit  of  churches, 
schools,  or  other  charitable  entertainments,  by  any  amateur  dramatic  asso- 
ciation or  literary  society. 

[Billiards,  Pool  Tables  and  Bowling  Alleys.] 

XLIII.  From  each  proprietor  of  a  billiard  table  and  pool  table,  not  kept 
exclusively  for  family  use,  shall  pay  a  license  of  six  dollars  per  quarter  for 
one  table,  and  for  each  additional  table  five  dollars  per  quarter,  and  for  a 
bowling  alley  bix  dollars  per  quarter,  and  for  each  additional  alley,  five  dol- 
lars per  quarter. 


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[Intelligence  Offices.] 

XLIV.  Each  keeper  of  an  intelligence  office  shall  pay  a  license  of  sixteen 
dollars  per  quarter;  provided,  that  no  license  shall  be  issued  to  any  person 
to  keep  an  intelligence  office  until  consent  shall  hare  first  been  obtained  by 
such  person  to  carry  on  said  business  from  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

[Pawnbrokers.] 

XLV.  Each  keeper  of  a  pawnbroker's  office  shall  pay  a  license  of  thirty- 
one  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Sworn  Statements  to  be  rendered.] 

XLVI.  In  all  cases  where  the  amount  of  license  to  be  paid  by  any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  is  based  upon  or  regulated  by  the  amount  of  sales  effected 
or  business  transacted,  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  render  a  sworn 
statement  to  the  License  Collector  of  the  total  amount  of  sales  made  or  busi- 
ness done  by  them  respectively  during  the  three  months  next  preceding  the 
expiration  of  the  last  license,  which  statement  shall  determine  the  amount 
for  which  such  license  shall  be  renewed. 


[Disposition  of  Amounts  received  for  Licenses— Into  what  Funds  to  be  paid.] 

Section  11 — 1.  Out  of  all  moneys  collected  for  licenses  issued  under  this 
Order  to  bankers,  brokers,  merchandise  dealers,  retail  liquor  dealers,  grocery 
and  retail  liquor  dealers,  auctioneers,  keepers  of  livery  stables,  theaters  and 
other  places  of  amusement  or  exhibitions,  billiard  tables,  bowling  alleys,  in- 
telligence offices,  and  pawnbrokers,  there  shall  be  paid  into  the  Special  Fee 
Fund  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  and  every  license  so  issued;  the  balance 
collected  shall  be  paid  into  the  General  Fund. 

2.  That  all  moneys  received  for  licenses  from  street  railroad  cars,  vehicles 
of  all  descriptions,  vehicle  numbers,  drivers'  cards  and  drivers'  badges,  and 
penalties  attached  to  vehicle  licenses,  shall  be  paid  into  the  Street  Depart- 
ment Fund. 

3.  All  other  moneys  received  for  licenses  issued  under  this  Order,  not 
enumerated  in  this  section,  shall  be  paid  into  the  General  Fund. 


[Expressman  and  Express  Agent  defined.] 

Section  12 — 1.  The  term  expressman  and  express  agent  shall  include  all 
persons,  firms  and  corporations  engaged  as  common  carriers  in  expressing, 
transmitting  or  conveying  gold  dust,  bars,  bullion,  coin  or  general  merchan- 
dise from  or  to  any  place  without  the  city  and  county. 


88  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

[Peddlers  defined.] 

2.  The  term  peddlers  shall  include  all  persons  who  shall  carry  from  place 
to  place,  and  sell,  or  offer  to  sell,  any  goods  or  wares,  except  religious  pub- 
lications, newspapers,  periodicals,  water,  flowers,  confectionery,  nuts  or 
matches;  provided,  that  persons  furnishing  to  licensed  retail  dealers  articles 
manufactured  in  this  city  and  county,  from  hand  or  licensed  vehicles,  be- 
longing to  the  manufacturers  of  such  articles,  shall  not  be  deemed  peddlers 
within  the  meaning  of  this  section. 

[Keepers  of  Shipping  Offices  defined.] 

3.  The  term  keepers  of  shipping  offices  shall  include  all  persons  engaged 
in  the  ordinary  business  of  shipping  offices,  and  all  persons  providing,  pro- 
curing or  furnishing  seamen  for  any  boat  or  vessel,  or  for  any  person . 

[A-Strologers,  Seers,  Fortune  Tellers,  Clairvoyants,  etc.,  defined.] 

4.  The  term  astrologers,  seers,  fortune  tellers  and  clairvoyants  shall  in- 
clude all  persons  who  may,  by  sign  or  advertisement,  or  notice  of  any  kind, 
purport  to  pursue  any  of  these  occupations. 

[Butchers— Separate  Licenses.] 

Section  13.  Every  person  engaged  in  the  business  of  a  butcher,  and 
every  person  or  firm  engaged  in  keeping  or  carrying  on  a  slaughter  house, 
shall  have  a  separate  license. 

[Charge  for  furnishing  Number  for  Vehicle.] 

Section  14.  At  the  time  of  designating  and  furnishing  the  number  of  a 
vehicle  or  boat,  the  Collector  of  Licenses  shall  collect  from  the  owner  thereof 
in  addition  to  the  license,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  number.  No  per- 
son shall  use  any  other  number  on  any  vehicle  or  boat  than  the  one  assigned 
to  him  from  the  office  of  the  Collector  of  Licenses.  Transfer  of  any  number 
shall  not  be  made  without  the  consent  of  the  Collector  and  on  the  books  at 
his  office. 

[Delinquent  Licenses.] 

Section  15.  All  licenses  on  vehicles  other  than  boats,  hackney  carriages 
and  coaches,  which  shall  become  due  on  the  first  day  of  January  or  July, 
shall  be  considered  delinquent  if  not  paid  within  one  month  after  such  date; 
and  for  every  month  or  fraction  of  a  month  a  license  shall  remain  delinquent 
after  the  one  month  allowed  from  the  first  day  of  January  or  July,  as  afore- 
said, there  shall  be  added  to  the  whole  amount  of  such  license  twenty-five 


BOARD   OF   SUPERYISORS.  89 

cents,  and  for  boats,  hackney  carriages  and  coaches,  fifty  cents,  which  shall 
be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  the  license.  But  the  addition  of  any 
amount  to  a  license  shall  not  exempt  the  person  from  whom  the  same  may  be 
collected  from  any  penalty  to  which  he  might  otherwise  be  liable. 


[Drivers'  License.] 

Skction  16.  A  license,  as  owner  of  a  hackney  carriage  or  boat,  shall  not 
entitle  the  holder  thereof  to  act  as  driver;  but  such  holder  may  take  out  in 
his  own  name  a  license  to  act  as  driver,  which  shall  be  unassignable.  The 
holder  of  each  owner's  license  may  also  have  one  driver's  license  issued  to 
any  one  at  his  request  and  upon  his  recommendation,  and  no  more.  Any 
driver's  license  may  be  revoked  or  annulled  at  the  request  of  the  owner,  or 
assignee  of  the  owner  at  whose  request  it  shall  have  been  issued;  and  upon 
the  revocation  or  annulling  of  a  driver's  license,  the  same  maybe  assigned  at 
the  request  of  the  person  procuring  such  revocation,  and  provided  the  same 
shall  not  be  assigned  more  than  twice  during  the  year. 


[Only  Licensed  Drivers  to  drive  Hackney  Carriages  or  Boats.] 

Section  17.  No  owner  of  a  hackney  carriage  or  boat  shall  permit  or  suffer 
any  such  carriage  or  boat  belonging  to  or  used  by  him  to  be  driven  by  any 
but  a  licensed  driver.  And  no  person  shall  drive  any  hackney  carriage  or  boat 
without  being  at  the  same  time  licensed  to  drive  that  particular  carriage  or  boat. 
No  driver  of  a  hackney  carriage  or  boat  shall  solicit  passengers  or  patronage 
^-xcept  for  the  vehicle  or  boat  of  which  he  is  owner;  and  no  driver  of  such 
•carriage  or  boat  shall  solicit  passengers  or  patronage  for  any  vehicle  or  boat 
•except  that  for  which  he  is  specially  licensed  as  driver.  And  no  person  ex- 
cept the  regularly  licensed  owner  or  driver  shall  solicit  passengers  or  patron- 
age for  any  hackney  carriage  or  boat. 


[License  to  state  Number  of  Vehicle  or  Boat— Sale  or  Assignment  of  License— Certain 
Amounts  to  be  collected  on  Issuance  of  License,  etc.,  for  a  Hackney  Carriage.] 

Section  18.  Every  license  for  a  vehicle  or  boat  shall  state  the  number  of 
the  vehicle  or  boat  for  which  it  shall  be  issued.  No  such  license  shall  be 
sold,  assigned  or  transferred  without  the  consent  of  the  Collector  of  Licenses 
endorsed  thereon.  No  number  or  license  for  a  hackney  carriage  shall  be 
issued  unless  the  License  Collector  shall  have  collected,  in  addition  to  the 
amount  prescribed  for  such  number  and  license,  the  amount  prescribed  for 
a  badge,  and  for  one  driver's  license  for  each  hackney  carriage  for  which  a 
number  or  license  is  demanded.  The  person  in  whose  name  the  license  is 
taken  out  for  a  vehicle  or  boat  shall,  for  all  the  purposes  of  this  Order,  be 


90  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

considered  as  the  owner  of  said  vehicle  or  boat,  and  liable  to  all  forfeiture* 
and  penalties  herein  contained,  until  such  license  shall  be  duly  transferred,  as- 
provided  by  this  Order.     (As  amended  March  8,  1881,  Order  1,618.) 

[Applicant  may  be  examined  and  required  to  subscribe  a  Sworn  Statement.] 

Section  19.  In  all  cases  where  the  rate  of  license  depends  upon  the  re- 
ceipts or  profits  of  the  business,  or  upon  the  amount  of  business  done,  or 
upon  the  number  of  vehicles  used,  or  upon  any  other  matter  peculiarly 
within  the  knowledge  of  the  applicant  for  license,  such  applicant  may  be 
examined  in  regard  to  such  matters,  and  may  be  required  to  subscribe  to  a 
sworn  statement  or  affidavit  that  he  has,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and 
belief,  truly  answered  all  questions  touching  the  amount  of  license  for  which 
he  applies  or  is  liable.  And  if  any  person  applying  for  license  shall  make 
any  false  statement  in  regard  to  his  business,  with  intent  thereby  to  procure 
a  license  at  less  rates  than  those  provided  in  this  Order,  he  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  as 
provided  in  Section  1  of  this  Order,  and  shall  be  adjudged  to  forfeit  his 
license. 

[Conviction  not  to  exempt  from  payment  of  Licenses.] 

Section  20.  The  conviction  and  punishment  of  any  person  for  transacting 
any  business  without  a  license  shall  not  excuse  or  exempt  such  person  from 
the  payment  of  any  license  due  or  unpaid  at  the  time  of  such  conviction. 

[Collector  of  Licenses— Ofiace.] 

Section  21.    The  Collector  of  Licenses  shall  keep  a  public  office  in  the 

City  Hall,  in  as  close  proximity  to  the  offices  of  the  Auditor  and  Treasurer  as 

may  be  convenient,  which  said  office,  together  with  the  necessary  furniture, 

books  and  stationery  therefor,  shall  bjs  furnished  by  authority  of  the  Board 

of  Supervisors. 

[Bonds,  etc.,  of  License  Collector  and  Deputies.] 

Section  22.  Before  entering  upon  his  official  duties,  the  Collector  of 
Licenses  shall  give  a  good  and  sufficient  bond,  in  the  penal  sum  of  twenty 
thousand  dollars;  and  each  Deputy  Collector  of  Licenses  shall  give  a  good 
and  sufficient  bond,  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  each  bond  to 
be  given  with  two  or  more  sufficient  sureties,  conditioned  for  the  faithful 
discharge,  by  the  officer  giving  the  bond,  of  his  official  duties  under  this 
Order,  or  any  subsequent  Order  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors;  provided,  that 
the  bonds  of  the  Collector  of  Licenses  and  the  Deputy  Collector  of  Licenses 
existing  and  in  force  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  Order,  shall  not  be 
rendered  void  and  inoperative  by  reason  of  the  passage  of  this  Order. 


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[Duty  of  ,C!ollector  and  Deputies.] 

Section  23.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Auditor  to  procure  and  issue  ta 
the  Collector  of  Licenses  the  aforesaid  licenses,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Collector  of  Licenses  and  Deputy  Collector  of  Licenses,  under  the  super- 
vision and  direction  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  to  attend  to  the  collection 
of  licensei;,  to  examine  places  of  business  and  persons  liable  to  pay  licenses^ 
and  to  see  that  such  licenses  are  taken  out,  and  that  no  other  business  than 
that  described  in  the  license  is  carried  on  or  transacted. 

[Concerning  Blank  Licenses,  Tags,  Numbers,  etc.] 

Section  24.  The  Auditor  shall  be  furnished  with  all  license  blanks,  dog^ 
tags,  vehicle,  boat  and  basket  numbers,  by  authority  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors, and  shall  number  and  sign  the  license  blanks  so  received,  and  from 
time  to  time,  as  they  may  be  required,  shall  deliver  said  license  blanks,  dog 
tags,  vehicle,  boat  and  basket  numbers,  to  the  Collector  of  Licenses,  charg- 
ing him  therewith,  and  taking  from  him  a  receipt  therefor  (at  each  time  of 
delivery)  specifying  both  in  such  charge  and  receipt  the  number  of  each  and 
the  total  number  and  value  of  license  blanks,  dog  tags,  vehicle,  boat  and 
basket  numbers;  also,  the  classes,  number  and  value  of  each  class  of  license 
blanks  so  delivered;  and  at  the  close  of  each  month,  shall  demand  and  re- 
ceive from  the  Collector  of  Licenses  all  such  license  blanks,  dog  tags,  vehicle, 
boat  and  basket  numbers  not  issued  and  paid  for,  and  immediately  credit 
him  therewith,  specifying  the  same  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  provided. 

He  shall,  at  the  same  time,  credit  the  Collector  of  Licenses  with  all  the 
license  blanks,  dog  tags,  vehicle,  boat  and  basket  numbers  issued  and  paid 
for  during  the  month,  specifying  the  numbers,  classes  and  values  as  herein- 
before provided,  and  cancel  the  amount  in  such  a  manner  as  to  show  a 
monthly  settlement  with  the  said  Collector  of  Licenses. 

He  shall,  on  the  first  IVIonday  in  each  month,  require  from  the  Collector  of 
Licenses  a  sworn  monthly  report,  in  duplicate,  showing  the  number  and 
class  of  each  license,  the  number  of  each  dog  tag,  vehicle,  boat  and  basket 
number,  with  the  total  number  of  each  issued  during  the  month  next  pre- 
ceding, one  certified  copy  of  which,  if  found  correct,  he  shall  immediately 
file  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

[Certain  Books  Must  be  Kept.] 

Section  25.  The  Collector  of  Licenses  shall  countersign,  issue  and  keep 
a  record  of  all  licenses,  in  books  to  be  prepared  for  that  purpose,  as  follows: 

1.  A  book  to  be  designated  a  "  License  Cash  Book  " — General  Fund — in 
which  entries  shall  be  made  under  appropriate  headings,  showing  the  receipts 
each  day;  the  names  of  the  parties  receiving  license,  their  residence  or  place 
of  business,  the  Auditor's  number  and  class  of  License  issued;  whether  the 


92  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

license  issued  is  a  Special  Fee  and  County  or  a  Municipal  license;  the  fee 
-and  the  amount  received  for  each  license;  the  quarter  and  time  for  which  each 
license  is  issued,  with  reference  to  number  and  page  of  the  ledger  (hereinafter 
provided  for)  wherein  the  same  is  entered. 

2.  A  book  to  be  designated  as  a  **  Stock  Certificate  Cash  Book  " — General 
JFund — in  which  [entries]  shall  be  made,  under  appropriate  headings,  show- 
ing the  receipts  each  day,  the  names  of  the  corporations  to  whom  receipts  are 
issued,  their  place  of  business,  the  amount  of  each  receipt,  the  number  of 
«ach  receipt,  the  number  of  certificates,  name  of  the  person  by  whom  the 
:same  was  paid,  and  the  quarter  and  time  for  which  each  receipt  was  issued. 

3.  A  book  to  be  designated  a  "License  Cash  Book" — Street  Department 
Fund — in  which  entries  shall  be  made  under  appropriate  headings,  showing 
the  receipts  each  day,  the  date,  the  name  and  residence  or  place  of  business 
of  the  owner  or  payee;  the  numbers  issued  for  vehicles,  description  of  the 
vehicle,  the  amount  paid,  the  number  of  the  license  issued,  the  time  for 
which  the  license  is  issued,  and  a  column  for  remarks,  with  the  number  and 
page  of  the  ledger  (hereinafter  provided  for)  wherein  the  same  is  entered. 

4.  A  book  to  be  designated  "License  Cash  Book"  — Dogs — in  which 
entries  shall  be  made  under  appropriate  headings,  showing  the  receipts  each 
day,  the  date  of  the  issuance  of  license,  the  name  and  residence  or  place  of 
l)usiness  of  the  owner,  the  number  of  license,  the  description  of  the  dog,  the 
time  for  which  the  license  is  issued,  and  a  column  for  remarks. 

5.  A  book  to  be  designated  "Index  of  Vehicles,"  in  which  entries  shall 
be  made  under  appropriate  headinss,  showing  the  numbers  of  the  vehicles, 
the  names  of  the  owners,  their  location,  a  column  for  class,  columns  showing 
the  number  of  the  license,  the  amount  paid,  the  date  of  issuance  and  the 
time  for  which  license  is  issued . 

6.  A  book  to  be  designated  "  License  Ledger,  "—Street  Department  Fund 
— in  which  entries  of  moneys  received  for  license,  and  payable  into  said  fund 
shall  be  posted  from  the  cash  book.  In  said  ledger  shall  be  entered,  in  alpha- 
betical order,  under  appropriate  headings,  the  name  of  the  parties  to  whom 
licenses  have  been  issued,  their  residence  or  place  of  business,  the  number 
and  description  of  vehicles,  the  term  and  the  time  for  which  licenses  have 
been  issued,  the  date  of  payment,  with  lines  numbered  consecutively  on  each 
page. 

7.  A  book  to  be  designated  "  License  Ledger,"— General  Fund— in  which 
entries  of  moneys  received  for  licenses  and  payable  into  said  fund  shall  be 
posted  from  the  cash  book .  In  said  ledger  shall  be  entered  in  alphabetical 
order,  under  the  appropriate  headings,  the  names  of  the  parties  to  whom 
licenses  have  been  issued,  their  residence  or  place  of  business,  the  quarters 
for  which  licenses  have  been  issued,  and  amount  received  for  each  license,  the 
<;lass  and  number  of  each  license,  the  date  of  payment,  with  lines  numbered 
xsonsecutively  on  each  page. 

8.  A  book  to  be  designated  a  Stock  Certificate  Ledger— General  Fund— in 
which  entries  of  moneys  received  for  stock  certificate  tax  and  payable  into 


BOAKD   OP   SUPEKVISOES.  95 

said  fund  shall  be  posted  from  the  cash  book  in  said  ledger,  shall  be  entered 
in  alphabetical  order,  the  names  of  the  corporation  to  whom  receipts  have 
been  issued,  their  place  of  business,  the  quarters  for  which  receipts  have 
been  issued,  the  amount  of  each  receipt  issued,  and  the  date  of  payment, 
with  lines  numbered  consecutively  on  each  page. 

9.  Books  to  be  designated  "District  License  Books,"  which  shall  be 
numbered  consecutively  according  to  the  number  of  districts  into  which  it 
may  be  deemed  advisable  by  the  License  Collector  to  divide  the  city  and 
county  for  the  collection  of  licenses,  in  which  the  streets  in  each  district  shall 
be^alphabetically  arranged,  and  in  which  shall  be  entered,  in  pencil,  the 
names  of  all  persons  or  firms  in  the  respective  blocks  in  each  street  in  said 
districts,  following  occupations  or  business  that  require  to  be  licensed,  show- 
ing under  appropriate  headings  the  names  of  the  parties,  their  occupation  or 
business  with  such  other  information  as  will  insure  the  collection  of  license* 
from  all  persons  liable  therefor. 

He  shall  also  keep  such  other  book  or  books  as  shall  in  his  judgment  be 
necessary,  or  as  may  be  required  by  the  Committee  on  License  and  Orders  of 
this  Board,  and  all  of  the  books  hereinbefore  provided  to  be  kept,  shall  have 
such  additional  entries  made  in  them  respectively  as  may  be  required  or  ap- 
proved by  the  said  Committee  on  License  and  Orders. 

He  shall  receive  all  moneys  paid  for  licenses,  and  shall,  as  often  as  once  in 
each  week,  and  whenever  the  amount  thereof  accumulated  in  his  possession 
at  any  one  time  shall  exceed  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars,  and  on 
the  last  day  of  each  month,  pay  over  to  the  Treasurer  all  moneys  in  his  pos- 
session so  received,  taking  a  receipt  thereof,  which  receipt  must  be  presented 
to  and  countersigned  by  the  Auditor, 

At  the  close  of  each  month  he  shall  return  to  the  Auditor  all  license  blanks, 
dog  tags,  vehicle,  boat,  and  basket  numbers  in  his  possession  not  paid  for, 
and,  on  the  first  Monday  in  each  month,  he  shall  render  to  the  Auditor  a 
statement,  in  duplicate,  specifying  therein  the  numbers  and  classes  of  license 
blanks  received  from  and  returned  to  the  Auditor;  also,  the  number  of  each 
class,  and  the  total  value  thereof;  likewise  the  number  and  classes  of  licenses 
issued,  and  the  number  of  licenses  of  each  class  issued,  and  the  total  value 
thereof,  together  with  the  amount  of  moneys  paid  over  to  the  Treasurer  dur- 
ing the  month  next  preceding,  which  statement  shall  show  a  monthly  settle- 
ment with  the  Auditor;  and  he  shall  make  oath  to  the  Auditor  that  suck 
monthly  statement  is,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  correct  in 
every  particular,  and  that  he  has  paid  over  to  the  Treasurer  all  moneys  so  re- 
ceived for  licenses  during  such  preceding  month. 

[Duty  of  Deputies.] 

Section  26.  The  Deputy  Collectors  of  Licenses  shall,  under  the  directions 
and  instructions  of  the  Collector  of  Licenses,  observing  the  forms,  rules  and 
regulations  prescribed  by  the  said  Collector,  make  to  said  Collector  daily  re- 


94  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF   THE 

ports  of  duty  performed  and  daily  payment  of  moneys  collected  for  licenses, 
and  at  the  close  of  each  month  make  oath  to  the  Auditor  that  they  have  so 
paid  over  to  the  Collector  of  Licenses  all  such  moneys. 
In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  July  26,  1880. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
lip  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  Drake,  Whitney,  Eastman, 
Praser,  Taylor,  Bayly,  Torrey,  Stetson. 
Absent — Supervisor  Doane. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  July  28,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOOH, 
Mayor  and  ex-ofificio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OKDEE  No.  1,600. 


EELATING  TO  THE  MANAGEMENT  OP  THE  PUBLIC  POUND. 

The  Ptople  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Pound.] 

Section  1.  A  Public  Pound  is  hereby  authorized,  and  the  same  shall  be 
established  at  a  place  near  to  or  on  California  street,  west  of  Walnut  street. 

[Duties  of  Pound  Keeper.] 

Section  2.  The  Board  of  Supervisors  shall  appoint  some  suitable  person 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  take  up  and  receive  into  said  Pound  all  estrays  and 
animals,  except  dogs  licensed,  found  running  at  large  upon  any  public  street, 
square  or  grounds,  within  that  portion  of  the  city  and  county  bounded  by 
Lyon  and  California  streets,  Eighth  avenue,  A  street,  First  avenue,  D,  Fulton, 
Devisadero,  Ridley,  Castro,  Seventeenth,  Douglass,  Twentieth,  Church, 
Twenty-sixth,  Harrison  and  Twenty-first  streets,  Potrero  avenue  and  Twen- 
tieth street,  and  the  waters  of  the  Bay,  or  within  the  limits  of  any  cemetery; 
all  animals  left  standing  upon  a  public  highway,  in  violation  of  the  provisions 
of  any  of  the  Orders  of  this  Board;  all  goats  found  running  at  large  upon 
any  public  street,  square,  grounds  or  vacant  and  unoccupied  lots,  not  fenced, 
within  that  portion  of  the  city  and  county  bounded  by  Twentieth  street,  Har- 
rison street  projected  to  Precita  avenue,  Precita  avenue,  Colusa  and  De  Haro 
streets.  The  further  duties  of  said  Pound  Keeper,  relative  to  fees  and  charges, 
etc.,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  such  as  are  required  by  this  Order.  (As 
amended  May  24,  1881,  by  Order  No.  1,628.) 


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[Animals  trespassing  may  be  taken  and  delivered  to  Pound  Keeper.] 

Section  3.  Any  animal  found  trespassing  upon  any  private  enclosure  in 
this  city  and  county  may  be  taken  up  by  any  person  and  committed  to  the 
custody  of  the  Pound  Keeper,  who  shall  hold  the  same  subject  to  reasonable 
demands  for  damages,  in  addition  to  the  fees  prescribed  in  Section  10  of  this 
Order. 

Any  person  may  take  up  and  deliver  to  the  Pound  Keeper  any  animal 
which  the  Pound  Keeper  is,  by  Section  2  of  this  order,  required  to  take  up; 
^nd  may  demand  and  receive  out  of  the  moneys  collected  upon  the  release  or 
sale  of  such  animal  the  same  fees  that  the  Pound  Keeper  would  be  entitled 
to  receive  for  like  services,  with  reasonable  compensation  for  feeding  such 
animal  not  more  than  twelve  hours. 


[Notice  of  taking  up  any  Animal  to  be  given  to  Pouud  Keeper.] 

Section  4.  Every  person  taking  up  any  animal  under  the  provisions  of 
Section  3,  within  the  limits  described  by  Section  2  of  this  Order,  shall,  with- 
in twelve  hours  after  taking  up  such  animal,  or  within  four  hours,  if  the 
same  be  attached  to  a  vehicle,  give  notice  thereof  to  the  Pound  Keeper  or 
Chief  of  Police;  and  the  Pound  Keeper  shall  thereupon  take  such  animal 
into  his  custody,  and  every  person  to  whom  such  animal  may  be  delivered, 
or  who  shall  receive  the  same,  shall  forthwith,  on  demand,  deliver  such  ani- 
mal to  the  Pound  Keeper.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

[Record  by  Pound  Keeper;  Subsistence  for  Animals.] 

Section  5.  The  Pound  Keeper  shall  keep  a  true  and  faithful  record  of 
the  number  and  description  of  all  animals  taken  into  his  custody,  with  the 
date  of  their  receipt  and  the  date  and  manner  of  their  disposal,  and  shall 
keep  conspicuously  posted  at  the  entrance  of  the  Pound  a  list  of  all  animals 
therein  detained.  He  shall  also  provide  necessary  subsistence  for  all  animals 
while  in  his  custody. 

[Advertisements  of  Animals  Impounded.] 

Section  6.  All  animals,  except  dogs,  taken  into  custody  of  the  Pound 
Keeper,  if  not  reclaimed  within  two  days  thereafter,  shall  be  advertised  in 
the  official  paper  of  the  Board,  as  follows: 

Horses,  cows,  bulls,  oxen,  mules  or  asses  for  seven  days; 

All  other  animals,  five  days. 

Provided,  that  swine,  sheep,  lambs  and  goats  may  be  advertised  by  written 
Jiotice  conspicuously  posted  on  the  Pouud  gate. 


96       "  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

[Sale  of  Animals;  Fees  and  Charges.] 

Section  7.  Immediately  upon  the  expiration  of  the  time  for  advertisement, 
and  after  due  advertisement  as  provided  in  Section  5  of  this  Order,  the  Pound 
Keeper  shall  sell  all  animals  so  advertised,  and  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale- 
thereof  pay  his  proper  fees  and  charges,  and  all  reasonable  and  proper 
demands  made  under  the  provisions  of  Section  3  of  this  Order. 

Any  balance  of  the  proceeds  of  a  sale  of  any  animal  remaining  after  the 
payment  of  such  fees,  charges  and  demands  shall  be  paid  into  the  City  Treas- 
ury, for  the  use  of  the  owner  of  such  animal,  if  claimed  within  six  months 
thereafter;  if  not,  the  same  shall  be  applied  to  the  use  of  the  hospitals,  after 
paying  the  expenses  of  said  Pound. 

[Charges  for  Impounding.] 

Section  8.     The  charges  upon  every  animal  impounded  shall  be  as  follows  r 
For 'every  horse,  mare,  mule,  ass,  bull,  ox  or  cow,  two  dollars,  and  one 
dollar  per  day  for  keeping;  two  dollars  additional  if  advertised,  five  per  cent 
commission  if  sold,  and  one  dollar  for  arresting  and  driving. 

For  every  colt,  yearling  or  calf,  sheep,  goat  or  hog,  one  dollar,  and  fifty- 
cents  per  day  for  keeping,  two  dollars  if  advertised,  five  per  cent  commission 
if  sold,  and  fifty  cents  for  arresting  and  dri-ving. 

[Redemption  of  Animal  by  Owner.] 

Section  9.  The  owner  or  person  entitled  to  the  control  of  any  animal 
impounded  may,  at  any  time  before  the  sale  or  other  disposition  thereof,, 
redeem  the  same  by  paying  to  the  Pound  Keeper  all  proper  fees  and  charges^ 
thereon,  made  by  virtue  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order. 

[Dogs  to  be  Impounded,  etc.] 

Section  10.  The  Pound  Keeper  and  his  deputies  shall  seize  and  take  or 
carry  to  the  Public  Pound,  every  dog  not  being  led  by  a  string,  rope  or  chain, 
found  running  or  being  at  large  in  any  of  the  streets  or  places  aforesaid,  not 
having  around  hio  or  her  neck  the  collar,  and  attached  thereto  the  tag  pro- 
vided for  in  any  of  the  Orders  of  this  Board,  and  keep  such  dog  for  the  space 
of  forty-eight  hours,  unless  sooner  redeemed  by  the  owner  or  person  having 
control  thereof,  by  payment  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  or  if  the  dog^ 
claimed  be  already  entered  upon  the  books  of  the  License  Collector  as 
licensed  for  the  current  year,  then,  upon  presentation  of  a  certificate  from 
said  License  Collector  of  that  fact,  and  payment  of  the  fees  for  arresting  and 
keeping. 

Every  dog  so  taken  up  and  not  redeemed  within  forty-eight  hours,  shall  be 
destroyed  by  the  Pound  Keeper;  provided,  however,  that  he  may  keep  any 
valuable  dogs  and  sell  them,  preserving  a  full  record  of  all  such  sales. 


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His  receipt  for  the  sale,  indorsed  by  the  Collector  of  Licenses,  shall  be  a 
Talid  title  to  the  purchaser;  and  all  money  so  received  shall  be  paid  into  the 
City  Treasury,  deducting  ten  per  cent,  for  his  commissions. 

He  shall  provide  the  dogs  with  food,  water  and  the  necessary  attention,  and 
shall  take  such  care  of  them  as  is  consistent  with  humanity,  at  an  expense 
not  to  exceed  ten  cents  per  day  per  dog,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  Urgent  Neces- 
sity Fund,  if  the  money  received  for  the  sale  of  dogs  be  not  sufficient.  The 
Pound  Keeper  may,  in  his  discretion,  remit  any  of  the  above  such  fees  and 
charges. 

[Duplicate  Dog  Tags.] 

Section  11.  Whenever  a  dog  tag,  issued  for  the  current  year  by  the 
License  Collector,  has  been  taken  and  stolen  by  parties  unknown  to  the 
owner  of  the  dog  for  which  the  same  was  issued,  the  owner  or  person  having 
control  of  such  dog  may,  on  the  payment  of  fifty  cents,  and  on  making  and 
subscribing  to  an  affidavit  of  such  loss,  receive  from  said  License  Collector 
a  duplicate  tag  for  the  remaining  portion  of  the  then  current  year. 

[Pound  Keeper  to  make  Monthly  Keport.] 

Section  12.  The  Pound  Keeper  shall  make  a  true  and  correct  report  to 
the  Board  of  Supervisors,  under  oath,  on  the  first  Monday  of  every  month, 
of  the  number  of  dogs  taken  by  him  to  the  Public  Pound,  and  also  of  the 
number  redeemed,  sold  and  destroyed,  and  by  whom  redeemed  and  purchased, 
and  of  the  amount  received  in  each  case. 

[Fee,  impounding  Dog.] 

Section  13.  The  Pound  Keeper  shall  be  entitled  to  receive,  for  every  dog 
taken  by  him  to  the  Public  Pound,  fifty  cents,  to  be  audited  by  the  Board  of 
Supervisors,  upon  the  sworn  statement  of  the  Pound  Keeper,  and  paid  out 
of  the  Urgent  Necessity  Fund,  if  the  money  received  for  the  redemption  of 
dogs  be  not  sufficient. 

[Deputies  of  Pound  Keeper.] 

Section  14.  The  Pound  Keeper  may,  at  any  time,  appoint  deputies  or 
pound  drivers,  at  his  own  proper  expense,  for  driving  any  animal  to  the  pound. 

[Badges,  Pound  Keeper.] 

Section  15.  The  Pound  Keeper  and  deputies,  while  engaged  in  the  execu- 
tion of  their  duties,  shall  each  wear  a  plain  circular  metallic  badge  on  the  left 
breast  of  the  outer  garment,  with,  for  the  Pound  Keeper,  the  words  *'  Pound 

7 


98  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

Keeper"  plainly  engraved  thereon,  and  for  the  deputy  and  pound  drivers, 
the  words  "Deputy  Pound  Keeper."  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  five  dollars  or  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  County  Jail  two  days. 

[Bond,  Pound  Keeper,] 

Section  16.  The  Pound  Keeper,  within  five  days  after  his  appointment, 
and  before  entering  on  his  duties,  shall  execute  an  undertaking  in  the  sum 
of  one  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duty 
as  Pound  Keeper,  with  two  or  more  sureties,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Mayor, 
which  undertaking,  when  approved,  shall  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors. 

[A.ccouut  and  Payment  of  Fines.] 

Section  17.  The  Pound  Keeper  shall  keep  a  correct  and  true  account  of, 
and  pay  into  the  Treasury  once  in  each  month,  all  moneys  received  by  him 
for  fines  or  forfeiture,  from  which  the  salary  of  said  Pound  Keeper  shall  be 
paid  by  the  Treasurer  on  his  demand. 

[Salary,  etc.,  of  Pound  Keeper.] 

Section  18.  The  Pound  Keeper  shall  receive  for  his  services  (in  addition 
to  the  fees  allowed  by  Section  13  of  this  Order)  seventy-five  dollars  per  month, 
besides  which  he  may  collect  from  persons  redeeming  animals  and  retain  the 
driving  fees  and  fees  for  keeping;  and  also,  from  the  proceeds  of  sales  of  ani- 
mals sold,  he  may  retain  the  driving  fee,  fees  for  keeping  and  advertising, 
and  the  commission  on  the  sale. 

[Resisting  Pound  Keeper  in  Performance  of  Duties.] 

Section  19.  No  person  shall  resist,  obstruct  or  prevent  the  Pound  Keeper, 
or  any  of  his  deputies  or  assistants,  in  exercise  of  his  duties  as  such.  Any 
person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  September  13,  1880. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  IMason,  Litchfield,  Whitney,  Eastman,  Fraser, 
Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey. 
Absent — Supervisors  Drake,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  September  17,  1880. 

'     I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


BOARD  OF   SUPERVISORS.  99 

OBDEK  No.  1,598. 

EELATING  TO  THE  DISPOSITION  OP  UNCLAIMED  PROPERTT. 

T/ie  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows  : 

[Oustodian  of  Property  Lost  or  Stolen.] 

Section  1.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  be  the  custodian  of  all  lost,  stolen 
and  unclaimed  property  which  may  now  be  in  his  possession  or  under  his 
control,  or  which  may  hereafter  come  into  the  possession  of  any  Police  Officer. 

[Delivery  of  Money,  etc.,  to  Property  Clerk,  and  his  Duties.] 

Section  2.  Every  Police  Officer  upon  taking  or  receiving  into  his  custody, 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  any  money  or  property,  shall  forthwith  deliver 
such  money  or  property  to  the  Property  Clerk  of  the  Police  Department;  and 
the  Property  Clerk,  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  Chief  of  Police, 
shall  particularly  register  all  such  property  delivered  to  or  received  by  him, 
in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  stating  the  name  of  the  person  from 
whom,  and  by  whom,  each  article  or  parcel  shall  have  been  taken,  the  names 
of  all  claimants  of  each  article  or  parcel,  the  time  of  seizure,  and  the  final 
disposition  thereof. 

[Return  of  Property  to  Persons  Erroneously  Suspected  of  Obtaining  it  Feloniously.] 

Section  3.  Whenever  money  or  property  shall  have  been  taken  from  a 
person  on  suspicion  that  such  person  feloniously  obtained  the  same,  if  upon 
examination  of  the  person  suspected,  the  examining  magistrate  shall  be  sat- 
isfied from  the  evidence  that  he  is  innocent,  and  that  the  money  or  property 
rightfully  belongs  to  him,  such  magistrate  shall,  in  writing,  order  the  Prop- 
erty Clerk,  or  officer  having  charge  of  such  money  or  property,  to  return  the 
same  and  to  deliver  the  same  to  the  person  accused,  and  not  to  any  agent, 
attorney,  or  clerk. 

[Report  of  Chief  of  Police  of  Property  Lost  or  Stolen.    Delivery  of,  to  Treasurer.] 

Section  4 .  The  Chief  of  Police  shall,  at  the  expiration  of  each  fiscal  year, 
and  every  six  months  thereafter,  make  a  report  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
of  all  lost,  stolen,  and  unclaimed  property  which  may  be  in  his  possession  or 
under  his  control;  and  within  thirty  days  after  the  date  of  each  report,  he 
shall  turn  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  and  County,  all  property  and 
money  mentioned  in  such  report,  and  take  his  receipt  therefor. 


100  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Notice  of  Sale  by  Treasurer.] 

Section  5.  The  City  and  County  Treasurer  shall,  in  the  month  of  January 
in  each  year,  cause  to  be  published  for  thirty  days,  in  a  daily  newspaper,  an 
advertisement,  setting  forth  that  on  a  certain  day,  and  at  a  specified  time  and 
place,  he  will  proceed  to  sell,  at  public  auction,  all  property  in  his  possession, 
by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order,  giving  a  fair  and  just  description 
of  the  same. 

[Sale  and  Proceeds.] 

Section  6.  After  having  duly  published  the  advertisement  provided  for 
by  the  last  section,  the  Treasurer  shall,  at  the  time  and  place  designated  in 
the  advertisement,  proceed  to  sell  at  auction  to  the  highest  bidder,  for  gold  or 
silver  coin,  the  property  described  in  said  advertisement;  and,  after  having 
paid  the  just  and  reasonable  expenses  of  storage,  advertising  and  sale,  shall 
keep  the  proceeds  for  one  year,  subject  to  any  lawful  claim  which  may  be 
made  by  the  owners  of  any  of  the  property  sold. 

[Disposition  Thereof.] 

Section  7.  The  Treasurer  shall,  at  the  expiration  of  one  year  after  every 
sale  made  under  this  Order,  pay  into  the  General  Fund  all  moneys  remain- 
ing in  his  hands  on  account  of  such  sale . 

[Hearing  of  Complaint  by  Police  Judge.] 

Section  8.  The  Police  Judge  may  hear  and  determine  at  chambers  any 
complaint  made  by  a  person  interested  in  the  disposition  of  any  money  or 
property  mentioned  in  this  section ;  and  may,  upon  hearing,  direct  the  deliv- 
ery of  any  money  or  property,  or  the  payment  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
any  property  to  the  person  entitled  thereto . 

[Expenses  to  be  Deducted  from  Payment  to  Owner.] 

Section  9.  Upon  the  payment  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  any  property 
to  the  person  entitled  thereto,  the  Treasurer  shall  deduct  from  the  amount  of 
such  proceeds,  the  just  proportional  share  of  the  expenses  of  storage,  adver- 
tisement and  sale. 
In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  September  13,  1880. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days  according  to  law,  taken  up 
and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  Whitney,  Eastman,  Fraser^ 
Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey. 
Absent — Supervisors  Drake,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  September  15,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


BOARD   OF  SUPERVISORS.  101 

OEDEK  No.  1,601. 


CONCEENING  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH. 

^The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows : 
[Penalty  and  Violation.] 

Section  1.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Order  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor;  and,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
«hall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  for  not  more  than  six  months,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

[Bepoit  of  Small-pox  Cases.] 

Section  2.  The  Health  Officer  shall  visit  and  examine  all  cases  of  Asiatic 
cholera  and  small-pox  that  may  be  brought  to  his  notice. 

[Gratuitous  Vaccination,] 

Section  3.  The  Health  Officer  shall  keep  an  office  in  some  convenient 
location,  and  shall  keep  the  same  open  for  gratuitous  vaccination  during 
certain  hours  of  each  day,  of  which  he  shall  give  public  notice,  by  advertise- 
ment, from  time  to  time,  in  two  daily  newspapers .  He  shall  give  his  per- 
sonal attention  and  services  to  the  work  of  gratuitous  vaccination,  selecting 
and  preserving  the  vaccine  virus  with  his  utmost  care  and  skill,  and  shall  so 
perform  his  duties  as  to  promote  the  physical  well-being  of  all  who  shall 
apply  at  his  office . 

[Prosecution  for  Violation  of  Orders.] 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Health  Officer  in  every  practical 
way  to  impress  upon  the  citizens  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
the  importance  and  duty  of  revaccination  in  the  case  of  all  persons  who 
have  passed  a  period  of  more  than  seven  years  since  the  time  of  their  first 
vaccination.  The  Health  Officer,  in  addition  to  the  duties  specifically  men- 
tioned in  this  Order,  shall  be  prompt  and  active  in  seeing  that  all  Orders 
concerning  the  public  health  are  properly  executed,  and  shall  be  vigilant  and 
active  in  detecting  and  removing  all  causes  of  disease,  and  shall  see  that  all 
persons  violating  said  Orders,  in  relation  to  the  preservation  of  the  public 
iaealth,  are  duly  prosecuted. 


102  GENEEAL  OEDERS  OF  THE 

[Police  Officers  Ex-offlcio  Health  Inspectors.] 

Section  5.  Every  regular  and  special  Police  Officer  having  a  regular  beat 
shall  be  ex-officio  Health  Inspector,  and  in  case  said  regular,  or  special  Police^ 
Officer  shall  observe  at' any  time  that  any  building,  street,  alley,  court  or  lane 
'in  said  city  and  cdiitity  is  in  a  condition  offensive  to  the  public. health,  ho 
shftll  immedifttsly  make  a  x-eport  thereof  to  the  Health  Officer.  Said  ex-officio- 
Heai'th  ynspe'ctor  shall  ssrve  without  pay.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Health 
Officer  to  report  to  the  Police  Commissioners  any  neglect  of  the  duties- 
required  in  this  Order  of  ex-officio  Health  Inspectors. 


[Reports  of  Physicians.] 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  physician  in  this  city  and  county 
to  report  to  the  Health  Officer,  in  writing,  every  patient  he  shall  have  labor- 
ing under  Asiatic  cholera  or  small-pox,  immediately  after  he  shall  be  satisfied 
of  the  nature  of  the  disease,  and  to  report  to  the  same  officer  every  case  of 
death  from  snch  disease  immediately  after  it  shall  have  occurred. 


[Report  of  Householders.] 

Section  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  householder  in  this  city  andJ 
county  to  report,  in  writing,  to  the  Health  Officer,  immediately,  the  name  of 
every  person  boarding  at  his  or  her  house  whom  he  or  she  shall  have  reason 
to  believe  to  be  sick  of  cholera  or  small-pox,  and  any  deaths  occurring  at  his 
or  her  house  from  such  diseases. 


[Vehicles  Used  for  Removal  of  Small-pox  Oases.] 

Section  8.  No  person  shall  drive  or  use  any  vehicle,  or  suffer,  or  permit 
any  vehicle  belonging  to  him  or  her,  or  under  his  or  her  charge  or  control^ 
to  be  driven  or  used  for  the  conveyance,  transportation,  or  removal  of  any 
person  infected  with  the  small-pox,  or  the  body  of  any  person  who  may  die 
of  the  small-pox,  without  the  written  consent  of  the  Health  Officer,  nor  drive 
or  sufifer  or  permit  the  vehicle  to  be  used  or  driven  for  the  purpose  aforesaid.. 

Section  9.  No  person  shall  use,  or  drive,  or  suffer,  or  permit  any  vehicle 
authorized  by  the  written  consent  of  the  Health  Officer  to  convey,  transport 
or  remove  persons  infected  with  the  small-pox,  or  the  bodies  of  persons  who 
may  die  of  small-pox,  to  be  used  or  driven  for  the  conveyance,  transporta- 
tion, or  removal  of  persons  uninfected  with  small-pox  without  the  writteiii. 
consent  of  the  Health  Officer. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  lOS*- 

[Persong  Infected  -with  Small-pox.] 

Section  10.  No  person  attending  upon  or  otherwise  coming  in  contact 
with  any  person  affected  with  small-pox  in  such  a  manner  or  to  such  an  ex- 
tent as  to  render  him  liable  to  communicate  the  disease,  shall  go  upon  any 
public  street  or  in  any  way  mingle  with  people  not  p,flFected  with  the  disease. 

[Health  Ofllcer  to  Place  Person  in  Charge.] 

Section  11.  Whenever  a  case  of  small-pox  shall  exist  in  any  house  or 
tenement,  and  for  any  reason  the  person  affected  shall  not  be  removed  to  the 
Small-pox  Hospital,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Health  Officer,  when  directed, 
to  place  some  competent  person  in  charge  of  such  premises,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  Section  10  are  strictly  observed,  so  long 
as  may  be  deemed  necessary  for  the  public  safety  and  until  no  danger  from 
contact  can  reasonably  be  apprehended. 


[Power  to  Fumigate.] 

Section  12.  The  Health  Officer  shall  have  power,  during  the  prevalence 
of  an  epidemic,  to  fumigate  and  disinfect  any  premises  which  in  his  judg- 
ment require  disinfecting. 

[Physicians  Exempt  from  Provisions  of  Sections  10  and  11.] 

Section  13.  Nothing  contained  in  Sections  10  and  11  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  apply  to  physicians. 

[Removed  to  Hospital.] 

Section  14.  Whenever  a  case  of  small-pox  is  reported  to  the  Health  Offi- 
cer, it  shall  be  his  duty  to  immediately  visit  the  premises  where  the  person 
so  affected  resides  or  may  be  stopping,  and  the  said  Health  Officer,  upon  the 
personal  inspection  of  himself,  shall  immediately  cause  to  be  erected  a  yellow 
or  Quarantine  Flag  in  a  conspicuous  place  on  said  premises,  or  to  post  upon 
the  doorway  of  houses  infected  with  the  small-pox  a  placard  setting  forth  the 
fact,  the  same  to  remain  during  the  continuance  of  the  disease  on  said 
premises. 

[No  Removals  without  Consent.] 

Section  15.  No  person  shall  remove  a  small-pox  patient  from  any  house 
or  place  within  the  limits  of  the  city  and  county  to  any  other  house  or  place 
without  the  permission  of  the  Committee  on  Health  and  Police  of  this  Board. 


104  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Prohibiting  BemovalB,  except  to  Hospital.] 

Section  16.  The  Health  Officer  is  hereby  prohibited  from  removing  or 
authorizing  the  removal  of  any  small-pox  patient  from  any  place  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  to  any  place  therein  except  the  Small-pox 
Hospital. 

[Removal  of  Persons  with  Contagious  Diseases— Permit  Required.] 

Section  17.  No  person  shall,  without  a  permit  from  the  Health  Officer, 
carry  or  remove  from  one  building  to  the  other,  or  from  any  railroad  depot 
to  any  house,  or  through  the  public  streets,  or  from  any  boat  to  the  shore, 
any  person  sick  of  any  contagious  disease. 

[Butchers'  Offal  or  Garbage.] 

Section  18.  No  butchers'  offal,  garbage,  nor  any  dead  animal,  nor  any 
putrid  or  stinking  animal  or  vegetable  matter,  shall  be  allowed  to  remain  on 
the  premises  of  any  person,  or  to  be  thrown  into  any  street  or  alley,  place  or 
receiving  basin,  or  in  any  standing  water  or  excavation,  or  upon  the  grounds 
or  premises  of  any  person;  nor  shall  any  animal  dying  of  disease,  accident 
or  old  age,  be  skinned;  nor  shall  any  dead  animal  be  buried  or  thrown  into 
any  of  the  tide  waters,  lakes,  streams  or  reservoirs  of  water  within  the  limits 
of  this  city  and  county. 

[Dangerous  or  Detrimental  Pursuits.] 

Section  19.  No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  pursue  any  business  or 
occupation  in  the  city,  that  is  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  life  or  health  and 
every  such  business  or  pursuit  shall  be  promptly  discontinued. 

[Generating  of  Unwholesome  Odors.] 

Section  20.  The  rendering,  heating,  or  steaming  of  any  animal  or  vege- 
table product  or  substance  generating  noisome  or  unwholesome  odors,  or 
gaseous  vapors,  shall  be  conducted  in  steam-tight  kettles,  tanks,  or  boilers, 
and  such  method  adopted  as  shall  entirely  condense,  decompose,  deodorize, 
or  destroy  the  odors,  vapors,  or  gaseous  products.  And  no  person  shall 
be  permitted  to  burn  upon  his  premises,  street,  alley,  or  other  place,  any 
animal  or  vegetable  substance  which  will  create  noisome  or  unwholesome 
odors. 

[Removal  of  Manure.] 

Section  21.  Every  owner,  lessee,  tenant,  and  occupant  of  any  stable, 
stall,  or  apartment,  in  which  any  horse,  cattle,  or  swine,  or  any  other  animal 


BOAKD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  105 

«hall  be  kept,  or  of  any  place  in  which  manure  or  any  liquid  discharge  of 
«uch  animals  shall  collect  or  accumulate,  shall  cause  such  liquid  or  manure 
to  be  removed  to  some  proper  place,  and  shall  at  all  times  keep  or  cause  to 
be  kept  such  stalls,  stables  and  apartments,  and  the  drainage,  yards  and 
appurtenances  thereof  in  a  cleanly  and  wholesome  condition. 

[Adulterated  Milk.] 

Section  22.  No  person  shall  offer  or  have  for  sale,  in  the  city,  any  un- 
wholesome, watered  or  adulterated  milk,  or  milk  known  as  swill  milk,  or  milk 
from  cows  (or  other  animals)  that  are  fed  on  swill,  garbage  or  other  like  sub- 
stance, nor  any  butter  or  cheese  made  from  such  milk. 

[Sale  of  Unwholesome  Food  Prohibited.] 

Section  23.  No  person  shall  expose  or  offer  for  sale,  or  sell  for  human 
food,  any 

1.  Blown,  meager,  diseased,  or  bad  meat,  poultry,  or  game:  or 

2.  Unsound,  diseased,  or  unwholesome  fish,  fruit,  vegetables,  or  other 
market  produce. 


[Unwholesome  Meat  Defined -Sale  Prohibited.] 

Section  24.    No  person  shall  bring  within  the  city,  expose  or  offer  for 
sale,  or  sell — 

1.  Any  sick  or  diseased  animal;  or, 

2.  The  flesh  of  any  animal  which,  when  killed,  was  sick  or  diseased,  or 
that  died  a  natural  or  accidental  death. 


[Slaughter  or  Sale  for  Food  of  Immature  Calves  Forbidden.] 

Section  25.  No  person  shall  slaughter,  expose  for  sale,  or  sell,  in,  or 
Turing  within  the  city  for  sale,  for  human  food,  any  calf,  unless  it  is  in  good, 
healthy  condition,  and  four  weeks  of  age. 


[Articles  or  Animals  Exhibited  in  Market,  etc.,  to  be  Deemed  Offered  for  Sale.] 

Section  26.  Any  article  or  animal  that  shall  be  offered,  or  exhibited,  for 
sale,  in  any  market,  or  elsewhere,  as  though  it  was  intended  for  sale,  shall 
be  deemed  offered  and  exposed  for  sale,  within  the  intent  and  meaning  of 
this  Order. 


106  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Forfeitxire  and  Duty  of  Market  Inspector.] 

Section  27.  Any  person  who,  in  violation  of  the  preceding  sections  of 
this  Order,  shall  bring  within  the  city,  slaughter  or  sell,  or  expose  for  sale, 
any  article  or  animal  (therein  prohibited  from  sale),  or  which  is  unfit  or  un- 
safe for  human  food,  shall  forfeit  the  same  to  the  city,  and  the  Market  Inspec- 
tor shall  seize  and  forthwith  remove  the  same  at  the  expense  of  the  owner, 
in  such  manner,  under  direction  of  the  Health  Department,  as  will  insure- 
safety  and  protection  to  the  public  health. 

[Penalty  for  Resisting  Market  Inspector.] 

Section  28.  Any  person  who  shall  resist  or  obstruct  the  Market  Inspector 
in  the  legal  exercise  of  his  duty,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  accordingly. 

[Market  Stalls  to  be  Kept  Clean.] 

Section  29.  Every  owner  or  occupant  of  a  market  stall,  shall  use  due 
care  and  attention  to  maintain  cleanliness  thereat,  by  the  prompt  removal  of 
all  rubbish  or  other  matter  tending  to  create  a  stench  or  generate  disease. 

[Prohibiting  the  Bemoval  of  Quarantine  Flags.] 

Section  30.  No  person  shall  remove  a  yellow  or  quarantine  flag  or  placard 
from  any  building  where  the  said  flag  or  placard  shall  have  been  placed  by 
the  Health  Officer  or  his  deputies,  without  the  permission  of  the  said  Health 
Officer  or  his  deputies. 

[Health  Officer  and  Police  Officers  to  Enforce  Provisions.] 

Section  31.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Health  Officer  or  any  of  his 
deputies,  or  of  any  police  officer,  to  arrest  any  person  guilty  of  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  Order. 

[Prohibiting  any  Person  from  Falsely  Representing  Himself  as  being  a  Health  Officer  or  a 
Health  Inspector  or  Employee  ol  the  Health  Department.] 

Section  32.  No  person  shall  falsely  represent  himself  to  be  the  Health  Offi- 
cer, or  a  Health  Inspector  or  employee  of  the  Health  Department,  or  shall  wear 
any  Health  Department  badge,  with  intent  to  deceive,  or  shall  use  any  badges. 
or  notices  used  by  the  Board  of  Health  or  the  employees  thereof,  with  the 
intent  aforesaid.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of   a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction 


BOARD   OF   SUPERYISORS.  107 

thereof,  shall  be   punished  by  [a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more 
than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not  less 
twenty-five  days  or  more  than  six  months. 
In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  September  13,  1880. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  "Whitney,  Eastman,  Eraser^ 
Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey. 
Absent — Supervisors  Drake,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk, 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  September  17,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-ofl&cio  President  Board  of  Supervisors, 


OEDEE  No.  1,602. 


llBLATINQ   TO   PUBLIC   INSTITUTIONS. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Hospital  Committee  and  Duties.] 

Section  1.  The  Board  of  Supervisors  shall  appoint  a  Committee  of  three^ 
of  its  members,  to  be  known  as  the  Hospital  Committee.  Such  Committee 
shall,  at  such  hours  and  upon  such  days  as  they  may  select,  visit  the  City 
and  County  Hospital,  without  previous  notice  to  the  person  having  charge  of 
paid  Hospital,  and  at  every  visit  make  a  thorough  inspection  of  all  the 
different  wards  as  regards  their  cleanliness  and  order,  and  the  condition  of 
the  patients  therein,  and  of  the  diet,  as  regards  the  quality  and  sufficiency 
thereof.  Said  Committee  shall  also  carefully  observe  and  watch  the  conduct 
of  the  officers  and  employees  of  said  Hospital. 

[Orders  for  Admission  of  Sick  Persons.] 

Section  2.  The  Mayor,  the  Resident  Physician,  the  Attending  Physician 
or  Surgeon,  and  any  member  of  the  Hospital  Committee  may  issue  orders  for 
the  admission  of  sick  persons  into  the  hospital;  and  every  order  issued  by 
either  shall  be  complied  with,  and  the  person  therein^designated  shall  be' 
admitted,  unless  the  Mayor  or  Resident  Physician,  for  good  and  sufficient 
reasons,  shall"otherwise  direct. 


108  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Discharge  of  Patients  from  Hospital.] 

Section  3.  The  Eesident  Physician  shall  discharge  patients  from  the 
liospital  when,  in  his  judgment,  such  patient  no  longer  requires  the  charity 
•of  the  city,  unless  objected  to  by  the  medical  or  surgical  attendant;  and  in 
-case  of  such  difference  of  opinion,  it  shall  be  referred  to  the  Mayor;  whose 
decision  shall  be  final. 

[Duties  of  Resident  Physician.] 

Section  4.  The  Eesident  Physician  of  the  City  and  County  Hospital 
shall  be  charged  with  the  care  of  all  patients  in  the  hospital,  subject  to  the 
vdirection  of  the  Attending  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  in  all  matters  relating 
to  the  medical  and  surgical  treatment  of  said  patients.  He  shall  see  that  all 
patients  have  the  proper  quality  and  quantity  of  nourishment,  and  that  the 
nurses  and  other  employees  perform  their  duty  faithfully.  He  shall  guard 
the  property,  and  keep  an  inventory  of  the  same.  He  shall  take  charge  and 
lieep  account  of  all  moneys  and  valuables  of  every  patient  upon  admittance, 
and  restore  the  same  upon  dismissal;  and  once  in  every  three  months  he 
«hall  deliver  to  the  Mayor  (taking  his  receipt  therefor)  all  moneys  and 
valuables  in  his  hands  belonging  to  deceased  patients.  He  shall  keep  an 
accurate  register  of  all  patients  admitted  into  the  hospital,  which  shall  state 
the  name  of  every  patient,  the  date  of  his  admission,  his  place  of  nativity 
and  the  date  of  discharge  or  death;  and  on  the  first  of  every  month  he  shall 
make  a  report  to  the  Mayor  in  writing,  under  his  hand,  showing  the  whole 
number  of  patients  admitted,  the  number  that  have  been  discharged  and 
the  number  that  have  died  during  the  month,  and  the  number  remaining  in 
the  hospital  at  the  date  of  the  report.  The  Eesident  Physician  shall  have 
exclusive  charge  of  the  patients  in  the  small-pox  departments  and  the  Pest 
House,  and  shall  bestow  upon  them  all  necessary  medical  and  sanitary  atten- 
tion. He  shall  also,  when  required  by  the  Mayor  or  the  Chief  of  Police, 
Attend  upon  all  patients  in  the  County  Jail  and  StaticJn  House. 

[Advertisement  for  Proposals;  Schedule  of  Supplies;  Letting  of  Contracts.] 

Section  5.  The  Hospital  Committee  shall,  in  the  month  of  May  in  each 
year,  prepare  a  schedule  of  the  proper  diet  and  necessary  supplies  required 
for  use  of  the  City  and  County  Hospital  for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year;  and 
«hall  cause  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  to  advertise,  in  the  usual 
iorm  and  manner,  for  proposals  to  furnish  such  diet  and  supplies  as  called 
-for  by  said  schedule.  All  bids  for  furnishing  such  diet  and  supplies  shall  be 
opened  in  open  session  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  all  contracts  there- 
for shall  be  let  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  to  be  ascertained  by  the 
Board  of  Supervisors. 


BOAKD   OF   SUPERVISOBS.  109 


EELATING  TO   THE   AliMSHOUSE. 

[Superintendent  to  keep  Register  of  Inmates  and  Report  Monthly.] 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  Almhouse- 
to  keep  an  accurate  register  of  all  inmates  admitted  into  the  Almshouse;: 
which  register  shall  state  the  day  of  admission,  and  the  name,  age,  sex,  color 
and  occupation  of  the  party  admitted,  the  place  of  nativity  and  how  admit- 
ted, and  the  date  of  the  inmate's  discharge  or  death,  from  which  an  accurate 
report  shall  be  made  on  the  first  day  of  every  month  to  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors,  showing  each  of  these  facts,  and  showing  also,  the 
whole  number  admitted,  discharged,  died  during  the  month,  and  the  whole 
number  of  inmates  then  remaining  in  the  Almshouse.  Said  report  shall  be 
signed  by  the  Superintendent,  and  delivered  to  the  President  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors,  a  correct  copy  of  which  shall  also  be  kept  on  file  in  the  Alms- 
house. 

[Daily  Record  to  be  Kept,  and  Report  to  be  made  Weekly.] 

Section  7.  The  Superintendent  shall  keep  a  daily  record,  wherein  shall 
be  entered  all  transactions  and  business  of  and  concerning  the  Almshouse, 
and  all  events  therein  occurring  necessary  and  proper  to  be  made  public;, 
and  he  shall  accurately  report  to  the  Mayor  in  regard  to  such  transactions, 
business  and  events,  as  shown  by  said  daily  record  on  Saturday  of  each 
week.     Said  report  shall  be  in  writing,  and  signed  by  the  Superintendent. 

[Diet,  Farm,  and  Daily  Ration  Books.] 

Section  8.  The  Superintendent  shall  keep  a  diet  book,  farm  book,  and 
daily  ration  book,  and  shall  accurately  report  in  regard  to  said  diet  book, 
farm  book  and  daily  ration  book,  on  the  first  day  of  every  month,  to  the 
President  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors.  Such  report  shall  be  in  writing  and 
signed  by  the  Superintendent. 

[Duplicate  Vouchers  to  be  Kept.] 

Section  9.  The  Superintendent  shall  take  duplicate  vouchers  for  every 
demand  upon  the  Treasury  arising  from  or  out  of  all  the  current  expendi- 
tures, and  accurately  report  the  same  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors  on  the 
first  day  of  every  month. 

[Admission,  how  obtained.] 

Section  10.  The  Mayor,  or  the  Hospital  Committee,  may  issue  order* 
for  the  admission  of  persons  into  the  Almshouse,  and  every  order  issued  by 
either  shall  be  complied  with,  and  the  person  therein  designated  shall  be 
admitted,  unless  the  Mayor,  for  good  and  Bufficient  reasons,  shall  otherwise 
direct. 


110  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Superintendent  to  Execute  Bond.] 

Section  11.  Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  ofifice,  the  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Almshouse  shall  make  and  execute  to  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco  a  bond,  with  at  least  two  good  and  sufficient  sureties ,  in  the 
sum  of  $5,000,  the  same  to  be  approved  by  the  Hospital  Committee  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors. 

EULES  AND  EEGULATIONS  FOE  THE  GOVEENMENT  OP  THE  HOUSE  OF 

COEEEOTION. 
i 

[Duties  of  Superintendent.] 

Section  12.  The  Superintendent  shall  reside  at  the  Institution,  in  apart- 
ments assigned  to  his  use.  He  shall  be  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Board 
of  Supervisors;  have  the  entire  charge  of  the  institution  in  all  of  its  depart- 
ments and  of  all  officers  and  employees.  He  shall  have  a  code  of  rules  (not 
inconsistent  with  these  rules,  the  ordinances  of  the  city  or  laws  of  the  State) 
for  the  government  of  the  subordinate  officers  and  employees,  to  be  approved 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  see  that  all  regula- 
tions and  orders  of  the  Board  are  strictly  enforced,  and  that  all  the  officers 
and  employees  are  diligent  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties.  In  case  of 
neglect  of  duty  or  disobedience  of  orders  by  any  subordinate,  or  for  any 
proper  cause,  the  Superintendent  shall  have  authority  at  once  to  suspend  such 
subordinate  from  duty;  and  report  the  same  to  the  Committee.  He  shall 
make  requisitions  for  all  articles  needed  in  and  about  the  premises,  and 
receipt  at  once  for  articles  received,  according  to  forms  prescribed  by  the 
Board,  and  shall  certify  to  the  correctness  of  all  bills. 

He  shall  examine  all  persons  admitted  into  the  institution,  noting  on  the 
permit  or  mittimus  such  information  as  is  important  to  preserve.  He  shall 
«ee  that  all  inmates  are  properly  cleansed  and  clothed  upon  their  admission, 
And  that  thereafter  they  have  a  bath  of  the  whole  person  at  least  once  a  week, 
.and  as  much  oftener  as  he  may  deem  necessary.  He  shall  be  especially  care- 
ful that  all  are  treated  with  considerate  care  and  kindness  by  those  placed 
over  them. 

He  shall  enforce  obedience  on  the  part  of  the  inmates,  to  the  rules  pre- 
scribed for  them,  and  shall  see  that  those  able  to  perform  labor  are  con- 
stantly employed.  He  shall  supervise  and  direct  them  in  their  respective 
duties  and  labors,  and  receive  reports  from  the  officers  of  all  cases  of  dis- 
obedience or  violation  of  the  rules.  He  shall  have  power  to  punish  all  wil- 
iul  infractions  of  the  rules. 

He  shall  have  a  register  kept  of  all  inmates  admitted  and  discharged,  and 
make  monthly  reports,  according  to  forms  prescribed  by  the  Board,  giving 
the  number  of  all  persons  admitted  or  discharged,  and  when  sentenced;  the 
births  and  deaths  at  the  institution;  the  punishments  and  the  cause  thereof, 


BOARD  OF   SUPERVISORS.  ^  111 

and  such  other  information  as  may  be  necessary  or  worthy  of  remark.  He 
«hall  annually  submit  a  report  of  the  condition  of  the  institution,  giving  the 
number  of  the  inmates  therein,  and  in  which  department,  with  the  number 
of  admissions  thereto  and  discharges  therefrom,  and  the  births  and  deaths 
therein  during  the  year,  with  such  information  and  suggestions  as  he  may 
deem  important  or  the  Board  may  direct. 


[Duties  of  the  Assistant  Superintendent.] 

Section  13.  The  Assistant  Superintendent  shall  reside  at  the  institution 
in  apartments  assigned  for  his  use,  and  shall,  subject  to  the  rules  and  orders 
of  the  Board,  aid  the  Superintendent  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  and,  in 
case  of  his  absence,  sickness  or  disability,  act  as  Superintendent.  He  shall 
attend  the  services  in  the  Chapel  on  Sunday,  and  see  that  good  order  and 
decorum  are  maintained,  and  shall  at  all  times  perform  such  duties  as  may 
be  required  of  him  by  the  Superintendent. 

He  must  be  present  at  the  opening  and  closing  of  the  workrooms  and  cells. 
He  shall  keep  a  daily  journal  of  all  the  infractions  of  these  rules,  the  orders 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  or  the  rules  and  regulations  made  for  the  govern- 
ment of  the  subordinate  officers,  employees  and  inmates.  The  journal  shall 
also  contain  a  statement  of  the  casualties,  breakages  and  of  any  occurrence 
out  of  the  usual  order,  and  shall  always  be  open  for  the  examination  of  all 
the  public  officers.  He  shall  assist  the  Superintendent  in  receiving  and  dis- 
charging inmates,  shall  see  that  the  food  of  the  inmates  is  properly  cooked 
and  divided,  and  that  their  clothing  is  clean,  whole  and  in  good  order. 

He  shall  see  that  the  whole  establishment  exhibits  throughout  neatness, 
good  order  and  cleanliness,  and  shall  have  the  blankets,  bed,  furniture, 
locks,  doors  and  cells  examined  every  day,  and  see  that  they  are  in  good 
condition.  Whenever  he  discovers  anything  wrong,  he  shall  note  the  num- 
ber of  the  cell,  with  the  offense  committed,  and  report  the  same  to  the  Super- 
intendent immediately. 

He  shall  inflict  no  corporal  punishment  without  orders  from  the  Superin- 
tendent, unless  in  the  absence  of  that  officer  the  discipline  and  safety  of  the 
institution  should  require  it. 

He  shall  see  that  the  arms  of  the  guards  are  inspected  at  least  once  each 
day,  and  report  any  officer  who  may  be  found  deficient  in  ammunition,  or 
whose  guns  and  equipments  are  not  in  perfect  order. 


[Duties  of  the  Visiting  Physician.] 

Section  14.  The  Visiting  Physician  shall  visit  the  institution  on  Monday, 
Wednesday  and  Saturday  of  each  week,  and  as  much  oftener  as  may  be 
thought  necessary  by  the  Superintendent.  He  shall  give  careful  attention 
to  the  sick  in  the  institution,  and  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  names  and  dis- 


112  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

eases  of  each  invalid,  and  their  treatment  and  the  result,  and  of  all  prescrip- 
tions. He  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  Superintendent,  the  name,  disease 
and  condition  of  each  patient  in  the  institution. 

He  shall  see  that  the  nurses  faithfully  discharge  their  duties,  and  shall 
report  to  the  Superintendent  any  neglect  or  improper  conduct  on  the  part  of 
any  nurse  or  patient,  and  also  give  notice  of  all  convalescents  able  to  per- 
form labor,  so  that  they  may  be  employed.  The  sustenance  and  diet  of  those 
in  the  hospital  shall  be  regulated  by  him,  through  requisitions  on  the  Super- 
intendent, which  must  be  in  writing. 

He  shall  not  perform,  or  allow  to  be  performed,  any  important  surgical 
operation  without  having  previously  notified  the  Committee.  Whenever  h& 
may  deem  it  necessary  or  expedient  to  call  a  consultation  of  physicians,  he 
shall  give  notice  to  the  Superintendent;  and  shall  make  an  annual  report  to- 
the  Superintendent,  stating  the  number  of  prescriptions  made,  the  nature  of 
diseases  treated,  their  termination,  and  his  opinion  of  the  causes  which  may- 
have  produced  the  sickness;  also,  any  other  facts,  opinions,  or  suggestions- 
of  interest  or  information  pertaining  to  his  department.  He  shall  visit  all 
inmates  who  may  be  confined  to  cells  for  punishment  and  report  their  condi- 
tion, and  on  his  recommendation  their  punishment  diet  may  be  changed  or 
mitigated. 

He  shall  have  oharge  of  the  Dispensary  and  of  all  medical  stores  therein, 
and  of  all  surgical  or  other  instruments  belonging  to  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment, and  shall  keep  an  accurate  account  thereof  and  be  responsible  therefor; 
and  shall  make,  requisitions  upon  the  Superintendent  for  all  the  medicines 
or  other  articles  needed  for  his  department.  He  shall  attend  to  putting  up 
all  prescriptions,  and  enter  them  in  a  book;  and  see  that  all  tinctures,  lini- 
ments, syrups,  ointments,  plasters,  and  other  preparations,  usually  expected 
of  an  apothecary  to  prepare,  are  carefully  and  correctly  made. 

He  shall  not  have  access  to  other  apartments  than  the  hospital,  nor  hold 
communication  with  any  of  the  subordinate  officers  or  inmates,  except  in  the 
discharge  of  his  medical  duty.  His  books  shall  at  all  times  be  open  for  the 
inspection  of  the  Superintendent  and  Committee.  Blank  forms  for  the  pur- 
pose of  describing  the  condition  of  the  patients,  on  their  admission  to  the 
hospital,  shall  be  kept  ready,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Visiting  Physi- 
cian, immediately  on  the  admission  of  a  patient,  to  fill  up  a  form  with  a  clear 
statement,  together  with  an  account  of  the  intermediate  treatment,  which 
shall  be  handed  to  the  Superintendent. 

[Duties  of  the  Matron.] 

Section  15.  The  Matron  shall  reside  in  the  institution,  in  apartments  set 
apart  for  her  use.  She  shall  be  entrusted,  under  the  direction  of  the  Super- 
intendent, with  the  care  and  general  oversight  of  that  part  of  the  institution 
provided  for  the  retention  and  employment  of  females,  and  shall  preserve 
good  order  and  propriety  of  behavior  among  those  committed  to  her  charge. 


BOABD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  .113 

She  shall  observe  that  due  attention  be  paid  to  cleanliness  in  every  respect, 
and  by  every  officer,  employee  or  inmate  under  her  charge.  She  shall,  under 
the  direction  of  the  Superintendent,  see  that  the  inmates  are  properly  pro- 
vided for  and  detailed  to  the  several  branches  of  labor,  assigning  to  each  such 
kiud  as,  under  the  circumstances,  she  is  best  fitted  to  perform;  and  that  the 
Assistant  Matrons,  and  others  employed  under  her  direction,  be  faithful  in 
the  discharge  of  their  several  duties,  and  that  they  behave  to  those  placed 
under  their  care  with  considerate  kindness  and  humanity.  She  shall  make 
requisitions  upon  the  Superintendent  for  such  articles  of  clothing  or  neces- 
saries as  may  be  required  in  her  department;  and  shall  see  that  all  the  rules 
and  regulations  required  to  be  observed  and  enforced  by  subordinate  officers 
having  charge  of  male  prisoners  (as  far  as  are  applicable  to  the  females)  be 
enforced,  under  and  by  direction  of  the  Superintendent,  or,  in  his  absence, 
the  Assistant  Superintendent. 

She  shall  cause  to  be  taken  the  statistics  required  of  female  prisoners  on 
their  arrival,  and  shall  also  see  that  they  are  properly  cleansed  and  provided 
with  the  dress  of  the  institution,  and  that  their  clothing  is  washed  and  put 
away.  She  shall  see  that  they  are  properly  dressed,  as  may  be  directed  by 
the  Superintendent,  preparatory  to  their  being  discharged;  direct  the  making 
and  mending  of  clothing,  and  shall  see  that  the  cells,  galleries  and  flagging, 
the  bedding  and  clothing  of  the  prisoners  are  clean  and  in  proper  order,  and 
that  they  are  not  injured  or  destroyed,  and  that  they  are  thoroughly  repaired, 
after  having  passed  through  the  laundry,  before  being  again  distributed  for 
use.  She  shall  be  vigilant  over  every  part  of  the  institution  assigned  to  her 
charge,  especially  in  regard  to  cleanliness  and  to  daily  ablution  and  the  bath- 
ing of  the  whole  person  of  each  of  the  inmates  as  often  as  she  shall  deem  it 
necessary. 

She  shall  see  that  all  female  prisoners  capable  of  working  shall  be  employed 
when  practicable,  and  she  shall  apply  to  the  Superintendent  in  writing, 
from*  time  to  time  as  occasion  may  require,  for  such  materials  as  may  be 
requisite  for  the  employment  of  those  under  her  care,  and  the  same  may  be 
delivered  to  her  on  her  written  order.  She  shall  return  once  every  week  to 
the  Superintendent  all  articles  prepared  or  manufactured  during  the  week, 
with  a  list  of  the  same  and  their  value,  as  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained  by  her. 

[Duties  of  Assistant  Matrons.] 

Section  16.  There  shall  be  employed,  from  time  to  time,  as  many  Assist- 
ant Matrons  as  may  be  found  requisite  and  necessary  for  the  institution, 
whose  duties  shall  be  assigned  to  them  by  the  Superintendent. 

Assistant  Matrons  shall  be  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Matron,  have  charge 
of  the  halls  and  cells  for  female  inmates,  and  take  charge  of  all  female  in- 
mates on  their  arrival;  shall  also  see  that  they  are  thoroughly  cleansed,  and 
proTided  with  the  dress  of  the  institution,  and  that  the  clothing  which  they 

8 


114  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

bring  with  them  is  washed,  marked  and  put  away.  TJiey  shall  see  that  they 
are  properly  dressed,  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Matron,  on  being  discharged, 
and  that  the  cells,  galleries  and  floors,  the  bedding  and  clothing  for  all  the 
inmates  are  clean  and  in  proper  order,  are  not  injured  or  destroyed,  and  that 
they  are  thoroughly  repaired  after  having  passed  through  the  laundry.  They 
shall  be  yigilant  over  every  part  of  the  institution  assigned  to  their  charge, 
especially  in  regard  to  cleanliness  and  to  the  daily  ablutions  and  occasional 
bathing  of  the  whole  person  of  each  of  the  female  inmates,  and  shall  do  such 
other  duties  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Matron. 

[Duties  of  eierk  and  Storekeeper.] 

Section  17.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  and  Storekeeper,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Superintendent,  to  keep  the  registers  and  all  the  account 
books  in  a  neat  and  correct  manner,  and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  may 
be  required  of  him  by  the  Board  or  Superintendent. 

He  shall  keep  full  and  detailed  accounts  with  every  officer  who  receives  a 
salary,  and  with  every  person  with  whom  contracts  are  made  or  pass-books 
kept,  and  he  shall  keep  the  general  accounts  of  the  work-rooms  and  other 
employments.  He  shall  properly  itemize  and  examine  the  calculations  of, 
and  if  correct,  sign  all  bills  before  being  submitted  to  the  Superintendent  for 
his  approval. 

It  shall  be  his  duty  to  prepare  in  detail,  for  publication,  the  annual  state- 
ment of  the  accounts  of  the  institution,  exhibiting  the  average  monthly  cost 
of  the  inmates,  and  the  average  monthly  value  of  the  labor  and  productions 
of  the  workshops,  farms  and  grounds;  and  also  prepare  for  publication  the 
annual  report  of  the  Superintendent,  the  Matron,  the  Manufacturing  Depart- 
ment, and  the  Farming  and  Gardening  Department.  Should  he  ascertain 
that  any  officer  connected  with  the  institution  is  keeping  his  or  her  accounts 
in  such  a  manner  as  to  prevent  compliance  with  the  above,  he  shall  report 
immediately  the  fact  to  the  Superintendent. 

There  shall  be  kept  by  the  Clerk  a  book  in  which  all  reports  of  infractions 
of  rules  shall  be  entered,  and  said  book  shall  remain  in  the  Superintendent's 
office,  open  for  the  inspection  of  all  public  officers.  . 

The  Clerk  shall  also  act  as  Storekeeper,  and  shall  have  charge  of  all  stores 
and  materials  belonging  to  the  institution,  and  shall  deliver  to  the  different 
departments  such  articles  as  are  required  for  daily  use  or  consumption,  tak- 
ing a  receipt  therefor.  All  requisitions  must  be  signed  by  the  Superintend- 
ent, Assistant  or  Matron. 

[Duty  of  the  Captain  of  the  Guard.] 

Section  18.  The  Captain  of  the  Guard  will,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Superintendent,  take  the  principal  charge  of  the  male  inmates  and  all  parts  of 
the  institution  appropriated  to  them,  both  by  day  and  night,  and  will  see  that 


BOARD   OF  SUPERVISORS.  115 

-•all  the  subordinate  officers  and  employees  perform  faithfully  the  duties 
assigned  them.  He  will  keep  a  daily  journal  of  all  infractions  of  the  rules  of 
the  institution  by  his  subordinate  officers  or  by  the  inmates;  also,  the  reproofs 
or  punishments  therefor.  This  journal  shall  also  contain  a  statement  of  the 
casualties,  and  of  any  occurrence  out  of  the  usual  order,  and  report  in  writing 
-daily  to  the  Superintendent.  Tnis  journal  shall  always  be  open  to  the  inspec- 
tion of  the  Committee  and  Superintendent. 

It  will  be  his  duty  to  be  present  and  aid  the  Superintendent  in  receiving 
and  discharging  all  inmates,  to  observe  their  condition  when  committed,  see 
that  they  are  properly  registered,  cleansed  and  clothed ;  see  that  the  institu- 
tion is  clean,  and  all  proper  sanitary  regulations  are  observed  in  and  about 
the  institution,  workshops  and  grounds  attached  thereto.  It  will  be  his  duty 
to  conduct  visitors  through  the  workshops  for  males,  with  pqliteness  and 
attention,  and  at  all  proper  times;  or  in  case  of  his  inability,  he  will  detail  a 
suitable  guard  or  employee  to  discharge  this  duty. 

It  will  be  his  duty,  daily,  to  critically  examine  the  furniture,  bedding, 
locks,  doors,  and,  in  general,  those  parts  of  the  institution  assigned  to  in- 
mates, to  see  that  the  same  is  safe,  in  good  order,  and  not  defaced  or  injured. 
It  will  be  his  duty  to  employ  his  entire  time  in  the  general  supervision  of 
the  subordinate  officers,  employees  and  inmates;  direct  them  in  their  duties; 
receive  reports  from  them  of  all  disobedience  or  violation  of  the  rules,  and 
note  the  same  upon  his  daily  journal,  and  report  to  the  Superintendent.  He 
shall  at  all  times  exercise  his  authority,  so  far  as  relates  to  the  discipline  of 
the  institution,  the  safe  keeping  of  the  inmates,  and  especially  its  police 
regulations.  He  will  be  held  responsible  to  the  Superintendent  that  the 
rules  of  the  institution,  and  all  orders  and  directions  he  may  make  in  con- 
formity therewith,  are  strictly  and  properly  obeyed;  and  to  enable  him  to 
fully  perform  every  duty  required,  he  must  be  present  at  all  times  (unless 
excused  by  the  Superintendent),  the  better  to  observe  a  vigilant  and  faithful 
discharge  of  duty  on  the  part  of  subordinate  officers  and  employees.  He 
shall,  at  least  once  each  day,  personally  examine  and  inspect  the  arms  and 
equipments  of  the  Guard,  and  report  each  day  any  officer  who  may  be  found 
deficient  in  ammunition  or  whose  guns  are  not  in  perfect  order.  He  will  not 
inflict  punishment  unless  directed  to  do  so  by  the  Superintendent,  or  in  case 
the  safety  of  the  institution  should  seem  to  demand  it.  He  shall  perform 
such  other  duties  as  the  Superintendent  may  direct. 

He  shall  take  note  of  any  breakages  or  damages  and  report  them  to  the 
Assistant  Superintendent,  that  they  may  be  immediately  entered  on  his  daily 
journal,  and  thus  come  under  the  inspection  of  the  Superintendent  at  the 
close  of  each  day.  He  shall  at  all  times  have  the  guards  on  duty  ready  for 
inspection,  so  that  the  Assistant  Superintendent  may  examine  all  arms  and 
ammunition,  and  report  their  condition  to  the  Superintendent. 

[Duties  of  the  Guards] 

Section  19.     They  shall  not  leave  their  shops  or  other  posts  on  any  pre- 
text without  being  relieved. 


116  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

They  shall  march  their  men  to  and  from  the  cells  in  close  order,  and  shall 
use  their  utmost  endeavors  to  enforce  non-intercourse  and  obedience  to  all 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  institution. 

They  shall  not  permit  an  inmate  to  pass  the  prescribed  limits  or  pass  out 
of  their  shop,  except  in  charge  of  a  proper  officer;  and  they  are  constantly 
to  keep  in  mind  that  it  is  required  of  them  to  prevent  any  inmate  from 
making  his  or  her  escape. 

They  shall  not  allow  the  inmates  to  make  any  inquiries  relative  to  any 
subject  not  immediately  connected  with  their  duty,  employments  or  wants, 
or  to  speak  to  or  gaze  at  visitors,  but  see  that  they  are  constantly  employed, 
and  that  they  labor  diligently,  in  order  and  in  silence. 

They  are  not  to  hold  any  conversations  with  the  inmates,  except  to  instruct 
them  in  the  rules  necessary  for  their  government,  and  whenever  they  refuse 
to  obey  orders  or  neglect  to  perform  their  duty  shall  report  them  to  the 
Captain  of  the  Guard  for  correction . 

They  shall  not,  while  on  duty  in  the  shops  or  at  any  other  post,  sit  down,. 
on  any  pretext  whatever.  They  shall  be  constantly  on  their  feet  and  strictly 
and  vigilantly  observant  of  the  inmates;  provided,  however,  that  the  guard 
on  night  duty  in  the  "Hall  "  may  sit  down  for  brief  and  irregular  periods  of 
time,  after  9  o'clock  p.  m.  and  before  daylight  in  the  morning. 

They  shall  keep  a  list  of  all  the  inmates  under  their  charge,  with  the  num- 
ber of  the  cell  each  one  occupies  registered  opposite  his  name;  and  upon 
locking  up,  morning,  noon  and  night,  shall  note  the  absence  of  any  inmate 
from  his  cell,  if  any,  and  immediately  report  the  same  to  the  Captain. 

[Duties  of  Employees.] 

Section  20.  The  duties  of  all  employees,  not  otherwise  designated,  are  to- 
apply  themselves  diligently  to  the  duties  assigned  to  and  required  of  them,, 
to  be  courteous  and  respectful  to  all  officers  and  inmates,  to  maintain  good 
order  and  cleanliness  in  and  around  their  several  departments,  and  to  re- 
quire perfect  obedience  from  all  inmates  under  their  charge,  to  conform 
strictly  to  the  "  Rules  and  Regulations,"  and  obey  with  promptness  all  orders 
from  their  superior  officers. 

[General  Eules.] 

Section  21.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  guards  to  be  at  the  House  during 
the  whole  time,  day  and  night,  unless  they  have  leave  of  absence  from  the 
Superintendent,  or,  in  his  absence,  from  the  Assistant. 

At  least  three-fourths  of  the  officers  and  guards  will  be  required  to  be  pres- 
ent in  the  institution  all  the  eve,ning  and  night,  and  shall  sleep  in  the  dormi- 
tories provided  for  them. 

Leave  of  absence  during  working  hours  will  only  be  allowed  in  cases  of 
sickness  or  other  urgent  necessity. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  117 

Officers  and  employees  (except  the  Superintendent  or  Assistant)  will  not 
'be  allowed  to  board  any  member  of  their  families  at  the  House,  unless  such 
xaembers  of  their  families  are  employed  at  the  institution. 

Officers  are  privileged  to  have  their  friends  (in  limited  numbers)  shown 
about  the  establishment,  by  obtaining  permission  of  the  Superintendent  or 
Assistant. 

No  officer  or  employee  shall  receive  a  gift  from  any  inmate,  though  it  be 
trivial  and  valueless,  nor  suffer  an  inmate  to  perform  any  personal  offices  or 
work  from  him  or  thera,  without  permission  from  the  Superintendent. 

No  officer  or  employee  shall  give  anything  whatever  to  the  inmates  as  a  gift, 
or  buy  or  sell  anything  of  or  to  them,  or  extend  to  them  any  favors  of  diet, 
of  clothing,  or  of  any  other  nature,  not  common  to  all;  and  in  no  case  shall 
inmates  be  transferred  from  one  department  of  labor  to  another,  except  with 
permission  of  the  Superintendent. 

They  shall  not  punish  or  strike  an  inmate  with  a  cane  or  a  stick,  or  with 
the  fist  or  feet,  or  any  weapon,  unless  it  be  in  self-defense  or  to  quell  an 
insurrection;  nor  shall  they  use  any  profane  or  indecorous  language  to  them 
or  in  their  presence,  but  shall  uniformly  treat  them  in  a  kind  and  humane 
manner. 

They  shall  require  from  all  the  inmates  the  greatest  possible  cleanliness  in 
their  persons  and  clothing,  and  in  their  working  and^sleeping  apartments. 

The  officers  and  employees  shall  maintain  toward  each  other  always  when 
in  the  presence  of  inmates  (and,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  in  their  absence),  the  de- 
portment and  language  due  from  well-bred  people  to  each  other. 

The  male  officers  will  not  be  permitted  at  any  time  to  enter  the  Female 
Department  or  any  portion  thereof,  unless  directed  so  to  do  by  the  Superin- 
tendent, Assistant  Superintendent  or  Matron,  except  in  conducting  visitors 
through  the  institution. 

No  officer  or  employee  will  be  allowed  to  leave  the  premises  at  any  time 
without  permission  of  the  Superintendent,  or,  in  his  absence,  of  the  Assist- 
ant Superintendent. 

No  spirituous  or  malt  liquors  are  upon  any  occasion  to  be  used  by  any 
officer  in  or  about  the  institution,  nor  shall  any  person  be  suffered  to  bring 
the  same  within  the  walls,  except  for  the  Hospital,  to  be  used  as  medicine, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Superintendent  or  the  Physician. 

Persons  visiting  the  institution,  except  members  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors, must  have  a  permit  from  the  Mayor  of  the  city,  member  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  or  a  Judge  of  the  Courts,  or  have  the  assent  of  the  Superintend- 
ent. Such  visitors,  unless  accompanied  by  a  member  of  the  Board,  shall  not 
be  allowed  to  go  over  any  building  or  around  the  grounds  without  being 
accompanied  by  an  officer,  who,  when  the  visit  is  completed,  shall  return 
them  to  the  office.  Visitors  shall  not  be  allowed  any  communication  with 
the  inmates,  or  to  furnish  them  any  articles  except  by  permission  of  the 
.Superintendent  or  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 


118  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

All  the  rules  and  regulations  required  to  be  observed  by  the  subordinate- 
officers  shall,  so  far  as  practicable,  apply  to  and  be  observed  by  the  Matron 
and  her  assistants,  the  Physician  and  teachers. 

The  Superintendent  shall  cause  to  be  kept  a  book,  with  the  names  in  regu-^ 
lar  rotation,  of  all  employees  entitled  to  leave  of  absence.  He  shall  daily 
sign  all  passes  for  leave  of  absence,  stating  on  the  pass  the  time  allowed  off. 
Each  employee  shall  present  himself  or  herself,  in  person,  to  the  Assistant 
Superintendent,  or  to  such  other  person  as  may  be  detailed  for  that  duty,  for 
his  or  her  pass,  bringing  with  him  or  .her  all  keys  and  arms  belonging  to  the- 
institution.  They  will  be  handed  a  check  for  articles  thus  delivered ;  and  on 
their  return  they  will  immediately  report  to  the  same  officer,  who  shall  note^ 
the  time  and  incidents  of  their  arrival,  and  on  presentation  of  their  check 
have  returned  to  them  all  articles  the  check  calls  for. 

[Daily  Eoutine  of  Duties  in  the  Male  Department. J 

Section  22.  At  such  time  in  the  morning  as  the  Superintendent  shall: 
designate,  the  bell  will  be  struck  three  times  for  the  inmates  to  rise,  dress, 
put  up  their  bedsteads,  beds  and  bedding,  and  the  bells  will  be  rung  at  the 
same  time  for  the  officers,  who  will  immediately  repair  to  the  guard-room. 

At  a  signal  from  the  Assistant  the  guards  will  take  the  keys  and  go  to  their 
respective  divisions,  and  will  take  such  positions  in  the  hall  as  the  Assistant 
may  direct;  where,  by  their  presence  and  watchfulness,  they  will  endeavor  to- 
prevent  any  communication  between  the  inmates  or  other  improper  conduct 
by  them,  as  they  march  out  of  their  cells  to  wash  and  take  their  rations. 

On  hearing  the  next  signal,  the  guards  will  unlock  the  cell  doors,  march 
the  men  to  the  wash-room,  and  then  return  them  to  their  cells;  and  after  they^ 
have  received  their  rations,  the  guards  will  lock  the  doors  and  report  to  the 
Captain  of  the  Guard  the  number  of  inmates  in  their  division  of  cells. 

If  the  number  thus  reported  is  correct,  the  Captain  of  the  Guard  will  give 
the  signal,  when  the  guards,  after  depositing  the  keys  in  the  case,  will,  with- 
out delay,  go  to  their  breakfast,  except  one,  who  will  remain  in  the  hall,  and 
be  relieved  in  turn.  The  officers  will  take  their  breakfast  and  return  to  the 
guard-room  as  soon  as  possible. 

At  the  signal  from  the  Captain  of  the  Guard,  the  guards  will  take  their 
stations,  and  the  officers  will  enter  the  hall  and  assume  their  positions. 
Upon  hearing  another  signal,  the  guards  will  unlock  the  cell  doors  and  march 
the  men  to  their  respective  places  of  labor,  where  the  inmates  will  immedi- 
ately commence  work. 

On  reaching  the  place  of  employment,  the  guards  will  ascertain  how  many 
(if  any)  of  the  inmates  are  absent  from  their  accustomed  places,  and  will 
report  them  to  the  Captain  of  the  Guard. 

The  inmates  will  be  kept  steadily  at  work  until  12  o'clock  m.,  when,  at  the 
prescribed  signal,  they  will  cease  their  work,  form  into  a  line  and  at  the  word 
forward,  they  will  march  to  the  "Hall  "  (taking  their  rations  as  they  pass  in^ 
thence  to  their  cells,  and  be  immediately  locked  up.) 


BOARD   OF   SUPERYISORS.  119 

Each  officer  will  then  report  the  number  of  men  in  his  division  of  the  cells 
to  the  Captain  of  the  Guard,  who,  upon  finding  the  number  correct,  will  give 
the  signal,  and  the  officers  Toutside  guards  included)  will  repair  to  the  guard 
and  dining-room,  as  in  the  morning. 

The  time  allowed  for  dinner  is  one  hour  from  the  time  the  inmates  cease 
labor  until  they  resume  it  again. 

At  the  appointed  time  after  dinner,  the  inmates  will  be  marched  to  their 
labor,  in  the  same  manner  as  in  the  morning,  when  they  will  remain  em- 
ployed until  6  o'clock  p.  m.,  in  Summer  or  long  days,  and  until  sunset  in 
short  days,  when  they  will  be  returned  to  their  cells,  as  at  noon. 

Immediately  after  the  inmates  are  locked  in  their  cells  for  the  night,  the 
officer  in  the  "Hall"  will  count  them,  by  passing  along  the  galleries  and 
looking  at  the  occupant  of  each  cell,  assuring  himself  that  what  he  sees  is  a 
real  living  person. 

No  person  shall  be  allowed  in  the  "  Hall  "  after  the  inmates  are  locked  up. 

The  officer  having  dog-watch  will  enter  upon  it  after  tea,  at  which  time  all 
the  officers  will  repair  to  the  "  Hall,"  await  the  signal,  and  proceed  to  their 
divisions,  to  return  the  ration-pans  from  the  cells  to  the  kitchen,  when  each 
inmate  will  close  his  door  and  be  immediately  locked  up.  They  shall  try  the 
cell  doors  to  be  certain  that  they  are  locked  up,  and  will  draw  the  breach  be- 
fore making  their  reports  to  the  Assistant.  The  dog-watch  will  continue 
until  7^  o'clock,  at  which  time  the  Night  Guard  will  enter  upon  his  duties. 

At  such  times  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Superintendent,  the  Night 
Guard  will  strike  the  gong  as  a  signal  for  the  inmates  to  retire;  and  after 
waiting  a  reasonable  time,  he  will  pass  along  the  galleries  and  see  that  the 
signal  is  obeyed,  and  he  will  not  suffer  inmates  to  arise  and  remain  up  in 
their  cells  during  the  night,  except  for  necessary  purposes. 

He  shall  remain  (in  the  morning)  in  the  "Hall"  until  the  proper  officer 
shall  come  to  relieve  him. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  September  13,  1880. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes— Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  Whitney,  Eastman,  Eraser, 
Taj'lor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey. 

Absent — Supervisors  Drake,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 

Approved,  San  Francisco,  September  17,  1880. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


120  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

OKDEK  No.  1,752. 


TO  DEFINE  THE  FIBE  LIMITS  OF  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FEANCISCO,  AND 
MAKING  REGULATIONS  CONCEENING  THE  EEECTION  AND  USE  OF  BUILDINGS  IN 
SAID  CITY  AND  COUNTY. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Fire  Limits.] 

Section  1.  The  Fire  Limits  shall  be  bounded  by  a  line  commencing  at  a 
point  where  the  northwesterly  line  of  Market  street  extended  northeasterly 
intersects  the  center  line  of  East  street;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  center 
line  of  East  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  Clay  street;  thence 
along  the  center  line  of  Clay  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
Drumm  street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Drumm  street  to  its  intersec" 
tion  with  the  center  line  of  Jackson  street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of 
Jackson  street  to  the  center  of  the  crossing  of  Jackson  and  Davis  streets; 
thence  along  the  center  line  of  Davis  street  to  a  point  where  it  intersects  the 
center  line  of  Pacific  street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Pacific  street  to 
the  center  of  the  crossing  of  Pacific  and  Stockton  streets;  thence  southerly 
along  the  center  line  of  Stockton  street  to  the  center  of  the  crossing  of  Stock- 
ton and  Sutter  streets;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Sutter  street  to  the 
center  of  the  crossing  of  Sutter  and  Powell  streets;  thence  along  the  center 
line  of  Powell  street  to  the  center  of  the  crossing  of  Powell  and  Ellis  streets; 
thence  along  the  center  line  of  Ellis  street  to  the  center  of  the  crossing  of 
Ellis  and  Mason  streets;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Mason  street  to  the 
center  of  the  crossing  of  Mason  and  Eddy  streets;  thence  along  the  center  line 
of  Eddy  street  to  the  center  of  the  crossing  of  Eddy  and  Taylor  streets;  thence 
along  the  center  line  of  Taylor  street  to  the  center  of  the  crossing  of  Taylor 
and  Turk  streets;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Turk  street  to  the  center  of 
the  crossing  of  Turk  and  Jones  streets;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Jones 
street  to  the  center  of  the  crossing  of  Jones  street  and  Golden  Gate  avenue; 
thence  along  the  center  line  of  Golden  Gate  avenue  to  the  center  of  the  crossing 
of  Golden  Gate  avenue  and  Leavenworth  street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of 
Leavenworth  street  to  the  center  of  the  crossing  of  Leavenworth  and  McAllis- 
ter streets;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  McAllister  street  to  the  center  of 
the  crossing  of  McAllister  and  Larkin  streets;  thence  along  the  center  line  of 
Larkin  street  to  its  intersection  with  Market  street;  thence  across  Market 
street  to  the  center  line  of  Eighth  street,  at  its  intersection  with  the  south- 
easterly line  of  Market  street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Eighth  street 
one  hundred  and  eighty  feet;  thence  at  a  right  angle  parallel  with  and  one 
hundred  and  eighty  feet  from  the  southeasterly  line  of  Market  street  to  a 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  121 

point  distant  eighty  feet  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of  Sixth  street; 
thence  southeasterly  parallel  with  Sixth  street  to  the  center  line  of  Mission 
street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Mission  street  to  the  center  line  of 
Main  street ;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Main  street  to  a  point  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-seven  and  one-half  feet  southeasterly  of  the  southeasterly 
line  of  Market  street;  thence  at  a  right  angle  parallel  with  and  one  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  and  one-half  feet  from  the  southeasterly  line  of  Market 
street  to  the  center  line  of  East  street;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  center 
line  of  East  street  to  the  point  of  commencement. 

[Register  of  Fire  Limit  Blocks.] 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors, 
or  in  the  event  that  there  shall  be  two  Boards  of  Supervisors  or  Houses  of 
Legislature  for  this  City  and  County,  of  the  Clerk  or  Secretary  of  that  Board 
thereof,  whose  members  may  be  elected  for  the  term  of  four  years,  to  register 
every  block  declared  to  be  a  fire  limit  block,  and  to  notify  the  Chief  Engineer 
and  the  Fire  Marshal  thereof. 

[Constniction  of  Buildings  in  the  Fire  Limits.] 

Section  3.  All  buildings  hereafter  erected  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be 
made  and  constructed  of  brick  or  stone,  and  every  building  of  brick  or  stone, 
or  of  both,  that"  shall  be  newly  roofed  or  covered  shall  be  constructed  with 
side- walls  or  party -walls  of  brick  or  stone,  or  of  both,  and  such  side-walls  or 
party-walls  shall  extend  from  the  foundation  to  the  top  of  and  through  the 
roof  of  the  building,  and  said  roof  shall  be  covered  with  such  material  as  will 
afi'ord  protection  against  fire,  and  said  walls  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to 
separate  all  woodwork  thoroughly  and  completely,  of  the  interior  and  exterior 
of  such  building,  from  all  and  every  part  of  the  interior  and  exterior  of  any 
adjoining  building,  and  every  such  side- wall  or  party-wall  shall  pass  through 
the  roof  of  the  building  to  which  it  may  appertain,  in  such  manner  as  to 
break  entirely  any  communication  of  wood  whatever  between  such  roof  and 
any  other  building.  And  all  partition-walls  shall  also  extend  from  the  foun- 
dation, and  through  the  roof,  the  same  as  side-walls  or  party-walls.  The 
term  building  as  used  in  this  Section  shall  not  include  privies.  The  floors  of 
all  buildings  shall  be  constructed  to  bear  with  safety  upon  each  superficial 
foot  of  floor  surface,  75  pounds;  if  used  for  the  following  purposes  they  shall 
be  constructed  to  bear  upon  each  superficial  foot  of  floor  surface  as  follows : 
For  a  place  of  public  assembly,  120  pounds;  for  a  flour  store,  mill,  sugar 
refinery  or  store  house,  500  pounds;  for  a  warehouse  for  miscellaneous 
goods,  400  to  600  pounds;  jewelry  stores  with  safes,  300  pounds;  tene- 
ment houses,  100  pounds;  dry  goods  stores,  310  pounds;  roofs,  50  pounds. 
These  weights  are  to  be  exclusive  of  the  weight  of  the  floors  and  roof. 
The  requisite  dimensions   of  each  piece  of   material  is  to  be  determined 


122  GENEKAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

by  computation  by  the  rules  given  by  Treadgold,  Hodgkinson,  Barlow 
or  Trautwine,  or  the  treatises  of  other  authors  now  or  hereafter  to  be 
used  at  the  United  States  Academy  at  West  Point,  on  the  strength 
of  material,  using  for  constants  in  the  rules  only  such  numbers  as  have 
been  deduced  from  experiments  on  materials  of  like  kinds  with  that  pro- 
posed to  be  used.  And  the  safe  load  shall  not  exceed  one-third  of  the  break- 
ing weight  as  determined  by  said  rules.  All  gas,  water,  steam  or  other  pipes 
which  may  be  introduced  into  any  building  shall  not  be  let  into  the  beams  at 
a  greater  distance  than  thirty-six  inches  from  the  ends  of  the  beams,  and 
then  not  to  exceed  one  and  one-half  inches  in  depth  for  all  beams  of  ten  to 
twelve  inches  in  depth,  nor  more  than  two  inches  for  all  beams  of  a  greater 
depth;  for  beams  less  than  ten  inches  the  sinking  must  not  exceed  one  inch 
in  depth.  The  covering  of  all  roofs  of  buildings  within  the  lire  limits  shall 
be  made  and  constructed  of  metal,  or  asphaltum  covered  with  gravel,  or  some 
fire-proof  composition,  and  all  buildings  now  standing  requiring  re-roofing, 
in  whole  or  in  part,  the  covering  of  such  roofs  shall  be  made  of  asphaltum 
covered  with  gravel  or  some  fire-proof  material.  All  timber  and  lumber  used 
in  the  construction  and  erection,  or  alterations  or  repairs  to  buildinge,  shall 
be  sound  and  free  from  blemish. 

[Foundation  Walls.] 

Section  4.  All  foundation  walls  shall  be  built  of  stone  or  brick,  and  shall 
be  laid  not  less  than  four  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  earth  on  a  good  solid 
bottom,  and,  in  case  the  nature  of  the  earth  should  require  it,  a  bottom  of 
driven  piles  or  laid  timbers  of  sufficient  size  and  thickness  shall  be  laid  to 
prevent  the  walls  from  settling,  the  top  of  each  pile  or  timber  to  be  driven  or 
laid  below  the  water  line.  All  piers  or  columns  resting  on  the  earth  shall 
have  footing  courses  equal  to  three  times  the  thickness  of  said  piers  or 
columns,  and  shall  have  granite  caps  not  less  than  ten  (10)  inches  in  thick- 
ness with  level  beds  or  iron  caps  of  equal  strength,  the  projections  of  the 
brick  work  not  to  exceed  two  (2)  inches;  every  isolated  pier  less  than  ten  (10) 
superficial  feet  at  the  base,  and  all  piers  supporting  a  wall  built  of  brick  or 
stone,  or  under  any  arch,  girder  or  beam,  supporting  a  wall,  shall,  at  intervals 
of  not  less  than  thirty  (30)  inches  in  height,  have  a  bondstone  built  in,  to  be 
not  less  than  five  inches  in  thickness  by  the  full  size  of  the  pier  and  have 
level  top  and  bottom  beds. 


[Footing  or  Bass  Course  under  Foundations,  etc. — Thickness  of  Foundation  Wall— Damages 
to  Contiguous  Buildings.] 

Section  5.  The  footing  or  base  course  under  all  foundation  walls  shall  be 
of  stone  or  brick,  and  shall  not  be  less  than  twice  the  width  of  the  bottom 
course  of  the  foundation  walls,  each  course  of  footings  if  formed  with  brick, 
shall  not  project  more  than  two  inches,  and  if  formed  with  stone,  the  thick- 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  123 

ness  of  each  course  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  inches,  and  shall  not  project 
more  than  six  inches.  If  a  wall  be  built  upon  isolated  piers,  there  must  be 
inverted  arches  at  least  twelve  inches  thick,  turned  under  and  between  the 
piers,  the  spring  of  the  arch  not  to  be  less  than  one-third  of  the  span;  or  twa 
footing  courses  of  large,  well-shaped  stone,  at  least  twelve  (12)  inches  in 
thickness  for  each  course  and  to  project  not  more  than  six  inches  each.  All 
foundation  walls  shall  be  at  least  four  inches  thicker  than  the  wall  next  above 
them,  to  a  depth  of  sixteen  feet  below  the  curb  level  as  lawfully  fixed,  and 
shall  be  increased  four  inches  in  thickness  for  every  additional  five  feet  in 
depth  below  said  sixteen  feet.  Foundation  walls  in  dwelling  houses  shall  be, 
below  the  basement  floor  beams,  four  inches  thicker  than  the  walls  next  above 
them.  All  foundation  walls  shall  be  understood  to  mean  that  portion  of  the 
wall  below  the  level  of  the  street  curb,  and  depth  shall  be  computed  from  the 
curb  level  downward.  The  depth  of  fourteen  feet  below  said  curb  level  of  the 
street  is  hereby  fixed  as  the  standard  depth  of  foundations  for  brick  and  stone 
buildings.  Any  persons  excavating  for  or  commencing  foundations  at  a 
greater  depth  than  the  above  standard  shall  be  responsible  for  all  damages  to 
adjoining  buildings,  the  foundations  of  which  have  been  constructed  at  the 
standard  depth.  No  person  constructing  foundation  walls  down  to  the  stand-^ 
ard  depth  shall  be  responsible  for  damages  to  contiguous  buildings,  the  walls- 
of  which  have  not  been  constructed  at  the  standard  depth.    • 

[Defining  outer  walls  of  Brick,  Stone  or  Frame  Buildings.] 

Section  6.  The  outer  walls  of  brick,  stone  or  frame  buildings  shall  be  the 
front,  rear  and  two  side  walls.  And  in  no  case  shall  studding  be  allowed  against 
brick  walls.  The  outer  walls  of  frame  buildings  shall  be  formed  with  stud- 
ding, and  covered  with  weather  boarding  on  the  outside,  and  in  no  case  shall 
studding  be  allowed  against  the  weather  boarding  of  an  adjoining  building. 
For  a  building  of  one  story  in  hight,  the  studding  shall  be  of  not  less  than 
two  by  four  inch  scantling;  for  a  building  two  stories  in  hight  the  studding 
shall  be  of  not  less  than  2  by  4  and  3  by  4  inch  scantling  alternately  placed ;. 
for  a  building  three  stories  in  hight  the  studding  shall  be  of  not  less  than  6 
by  2  inch  scantling,  and  for  a  building  of  four  stories  in  hight  the  studding 
shall  be  of  not  less  than  6  by  3  inch  scantling  for  a  hight  of  two  stories,  and 
of  6  by  2  inch  scantling  for  the  hight  of  the  third  and  fourth  stories.  The 
foundations  or  underpinning  shall  be  formed  with  black  butt  redwood  and 
the  underpinning  shall  in  all  cases  be  not  less  than  three  inches  in  thickness 
by  the  full  width  of  the  studding.  The  joists  shall  rest  upon  the  outside 
walls  except  where  trimmed  out  for  stairs  or  other  openings.  Should  it  be 
impracticable  to  rest  the  joists  at  each  end  on  the  outside  walls,  it  shall  be 
required  to  have  the  partition  or  girder  upon  which  they  may  rest  of  equal 
bearing  strength  with  the  outside  wall.  When  brick  walls  are  used  as  a. 
foundation  for  frame  buildings  they  shall  not  be  less  than  8  inches  in  thick- 
ness for  a  one-story  frame  building,  and  for  a  building  of  not  more  than  thre^ 


124  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

fitories  in  hight  the  foundation  walls  shall  be  not  less  than  12  inches  in 
thickness,  and  for  a  building  not  to  exceed  five  stories  in  hight  the  foundation 
walls  shall  be  not  less  than  16  inches  in  thickness.  If  there  are  no  cross 
walls  there  shall  be  piers  of  not  less  than  8  inches  projection  by  a  face  or 
width  of  2  feet  4  inches,  built  to  strengthen  the  walls  at  distances  not  to 
exceed  16  feet  apart.  Where  chimney  breasts  are  carried  out  they  shall  be 
considered  as  piers.  It  is  to  be  understood  that  the  main  longitudinal  or 
bearing  partitions  are  to  be  underpinned  the  same  as  the  outside  walls. 

And  no  frame  bnilding  or  buildings  now  used  as  a  dwelling  house  shall  be 
hereafter  altered  or  used  as  a  factory,  warehouse,  or  any  other  purpose 
except  the  same  be  altered  to  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  Order. 

For  factories  the  studding  for  the  outside  walls  shall  be  not  less  than  6  by 
2  inches  for  a  hight  not  to  exceed  14  feet  to  the  wall  plates;  for  a  hight 
exceeding  14  feet  and  not  more  than  18  feet  the  studding  shall  not  be  less  than 
6  by  3  inches;  and  for  a  hight  not  less  than  18  feet  and  not  more  than  25  feet, 
the  studding  shall  not  be  less  than  8  by  3  inches,  all  to  be  properly  braced  and 
framed  together. 

[Distance  Apart  of  Studs.] 

For  factories  the  studs  shall  be  placed  not  to  exceed  two  feet  apart  and  shall 
be  bridged  and  bfaced.  For  dwelling  houses  the  studs  shall  not  be  more  than 
20  inches  from  centers,  and  shall  be  set  upon  the  plates,  upon  which  the 
joists  rest  where  it  is  practicable. 

[Thickness  of  Outer  Walls  of  Dwellings,  Stables  and  Sheds.] 

Section  7.  The  outer  walls  of  all  buildings  of  either  brick  or  stone,  or  of 
both,  used  or  to  be  used  as  dwelling  houses,  stables,  sheds  or  other  outhouses 
shall,  for  a  two-story  building  or  less,  be  twelve  inches  thick  for  the  first  story 
and  eight  inches  thick  for  the  second  story;  provided,  the  hight  of  the  first 
«tory  shall  not  exceed  in  hight  ten  feet  in  the  clear  of  the  floor  and  ceiling; 
and  the  second  story  shall  not  exceed  in  hight  eight  feet  in  the  clear  of  the 
floor  and  ceiling;  the  foundation  or  that  portion  below  the  level  of  the  curb 
shall  be  at  least  sixteen  inches  in  thickness.  For  a  building  of  three  stories 
or  less,  the  foundation  or  that  portion  below  the  level  of  the  curb  shall 
be  twenty  inches  in  thickness,  the  first  story  sixteen  inches  in  thickness,  the 
second  story  twelve  inches  in  thickness,  the  third  story  eight  inches  in  thick- 
nes-;  the  third  story  shall  not  exceed  in  hight  eight  feet  in  the  clear  of  the 
floor  and  ceiling.  The  term  dwelling-house  shall  not  apply  to  buildings 
accommodating  more  than  three  families. 

When  brick  work  is  used  for  deafening  between  partitions  of  frame  work 
it  shall  be  commenced  on  proper  footings  twelve  inches  below  the  surface  of 
the  ground  upon  which  the  building  or  buildings  may  rest,  and  shall  not  be 
less  than  one-half  brick  or  four  inches  in  thickness,  and  shall  be  solidly  laid 


BOABD   OF   SUPEKYISOBS.  125 

* 
in  good  lime  mortar,  and  the  joints  shall  be  smoothly  struck  at  each  side,  and 
there  shall  be  proper  cross  ties,  not  to  exceed  one  and  one-half  inches  in 
thickness  by  the  full  width  of  the  studs  placed  at  each  half  story  in  hight, 
and  they  shall  be  securely  spiked  to  the  studs,  which  are  in  no  instance  to 
exceed  two  feet  from  centers. 

The  provisions  of  this  Order  relating  to  the  erection,  alterations,  repairs 
or  other  changes  made  on  brick  or  stone  or  brick  and  stone  buildings  shall 
apply  to  all  parts  of  this  city  and  county. 

•    [Privies  or  Water  Closets  of  Wood] 

Constructed  within  the  fire  limits  shall  not  exceed  eight  feet  in  hight  in  the 
clear  of  the  surface  of  the  floor  and  ceiling  line.  For  a  hotel  or  lodging- 
house  they  shall  not  have  more  than  fifty  superficial  feet  of  floor  room,  and 
for  all  other  buildings  they  shall  not  have  more  than  twenty-five  superficial 
feet  of  floor  room.  The  roof  and  the  frame  work  shall  be  covered  with  some 
fire-proof  materials,  and  they  shall  not  be  placed  higher  than  the  third  story 
of  any  building,  nor  project  over  the  line  of  any  street,  lane,  alley  or  place^ 
and  they  shall  not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose. 

[Sheds  Defined.] 

Sheds  shall  be  understood  to  be  open  structures,  enclosed  only  on  one 
side  and  end,  and  erected  on  the  ground.  They  shall  not  exceed  twenty  feet 
in  hight  to  the  highest  point  of  the  roof,  and  if  constructed  within  the  tire 
limits,  they  shall  not  exceed  fifteen  feet  in  hight  to  the  highest  point  of  the 
roof,  and  shall  be  covered  with  fire-proof  materials.  (As  afaended  March- 
3d,  1884,  by  Order  1,760.) 


[Thickness  of  Walls  of  Stores,  Warehouses,  Hotels,  Lodging  Houses,  Shops,  and 
Manufactories.  ] 

Section  8.  The  outer  walls  of  all  buildings  used  or  to  be  used  for  stores,, 
warehouses,  hotels,  lodging-houses,  shops  and  manufactories,  for  a  one-story 
building  the  basement  or  foundation  shall  be  sixteen  inches  in  thickness,  first 
story  twelve  inches  in  thickness.  The  outer  \^l]sof  a  two-story  building  the 
basement  or  foundation  shall  be  sixteen  inches  in  thickness,  first  story  sixteen 
inches  in  thickness,  second  story  twelve  inches  in  thickness.  The  outer 
walls  of  a  three- story  building,  the  basement  or  foundation  shall  be  twenty- 
one  inches  in  thickness,  first  and  second  stories  sixteen  inches  in  thickness, 
the  third  story  shall  be  twelve  inches  in  thickness.  The  outer  walls  of  a 
four-story  building  the  basement  or  foundation  shall  be  twenty-one  inches 
in  thickness,  the  first  and  second  stories  shall  be  sixteen  inches  in  thickness; 
and  the  third  and  fourth  stories  shall  be  twelve  inches  in  thickness.     The 


126  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

outer  walls  of  a  five-story  building  the  basement  or  foundation  shall  be  two 
feet  in  thickness,  the  first  story  shall  be  twenty-one  inches  in  thickness, 
second  and  third  stories  shall  be  sixteen  inches  in  thickness,  and  the 
fourth  and  fifth  stories  shall  be  twelve  inches  in  thickness.  For  a  six-story 
l>uildingthe  basement  or  foundation  shall  be  two  feet  in  thickness.  The  first 
story  shall  be  twenty-one  inches  in  thickness,  the  second,  third  and  fourth 
stories  shall  be  sixteen  inches  in  thickness,  and  the  fifth  and  sixth  stories  shall 
he  twelve  inches  in  thickness.  For  a  seven-story  building  the  basement 
or  foundation  shall  be  two  feet  four  inches  in  thickness.  The  first  story 
shall  be  two  feet  in  thickness,  the  second  story  shall  be  twenty-one  inches 
in  thickness,  the  third,  fourth  and  fifth  stories  shall  be  sixteen  inches  in 
thickness,  and  the  sixth  and  seventh  stories  shall  be  twelve  inches  in 
thickness. 

In  all  stores,  warehouses  or  factories  over  twenty-five  feet  wide,  if  there 
are  no  brick  partition  walls  or  girders  supported  on  iron  or  wooden  columns, 
or  piers  of  masonry,  the  partition  walls  or  girders  shall  be  so  placed  as  not 
to  exceed  twenty-seven  feet  apart,  and  in  case  iron  or  wooden  girders  are 
substituted  for  partition  walls,  the  building  may  be  eighty-five  feet  wide 
between  the  brick  walls,  but  no  more;  and  the  iron  or  wooden  columns  or 
piers  of  masonry  and  girders  shall  be  of  sufficient  strength  to  bear  safely 
the  weight  to  be  carried  upon  them,  and  in  no  case  shall  it  be  less  than  two 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  to  the  foot  (superficial)  of  the  floors  that  may 
rest  upon  them,  exclusive  of  the  weight  of  the  material  employed  in  their 
construction,  and  shall  have  footing  courses  and  foundation  walls  of  the 
thickness  required  in  section  four,  with  inverted  arches  between  each 
column,  or  not  less  than  two  footing  courses  of  large,  well-shaped  stones 
laid  crosswise,  edge  to  edge,  and  not  less  than  twelve  inches  in  thickness  in 
each  course;  and  the  pier  above  shall  be  built  up  with  brick  or  stone, 
properly  bonded  to  the  hight  required,  to  receive  a  cap-stone  of  cut  granite, 
not  less  than  twelve  inches  in  thickness,  and  not  less  than  twelve  inches 
wider  each  way  than  the  size  of  the  post,  pillar  or  column  placed  upon  it;  and 
said  cap  is  to  be  set  solid  to  receive  the  same;  and  all  foundations  shall  be 
increased  under  the  posts,  pillars  or  columns,  in  proportion  to  the  hight  of 
the  building,  post,  piilar  or  column  placed  upon  it.  In  all  buildings  here- 
after erected  on  a  street  corner  the  bearing  wall,  that  is,  the  outside  wall  upon 
which  the  beams  rest,  shall  in  all  cases  be  four  inches  thicker  than  is  other- 
wise provided  for  in  this  Order,  and  where  the  joists  or  timbers  rest  upon  a 
front  or  rear  wall  in  any  case,  the  said  walls  shall  be  four  inches  thicker 
than  is   otherwise  provided  in  this  Order. 

All  brick  buildings  that  are  one  hundred  feet  or  more  in  depth,  without 
cross  walls  or  proper  piers,  shall  have  the  side  or  bearing  walls  increased 
four  inches  in  thickness  more  than  is  provided  for  in  Sections  7  and  8  of  [this] 
Order  1,752,  where  the  specified  thickness  of  the  wall  is  twelve  inches  in 
thickness.  Piers  may  be  used  for  the  same  purpose,  and  they  shall  project 
at  least  four  inches  from  the  face  of  the  walls  and  shall  have  an  aggregate 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  127 

length  of  not  less  than  one-fourth  of  the  depth  of  the  building.  Cross 
walls  are  to  be  understood  as  interior  walls,  and  may  be  four  inches  less  in 
thickness  than  bearing  walls  of  the  same  story,  but  must  not  be  less  than 
twelve  inches  in  thickness.  And  all  the  walls  of  every  building  shall  be 
■erected  straight  and  plumb,  and  during  the  process  of  erection  or  alteration, 
shall  be  strongly  braced  from  the  beams  of  each  story  until  the  building  is 
enclosed.  And  every  temporary  support  placed  under  any  structure  or 
part  thereof  shall  be  equal  in  strength  to  the  permanent  support  thereof. 
<As  amended  March  3,  1884,  by  Order  No.  1,760.) 

{Thickness  of  Walls  of  Churches,  Theaters,  Foundries,  Machine   Shops,  School  Houses, 
and  Places  of  Public  Assembly,  and  other  Buildings  of  a  Public  Character.] 

Section  9.  The  outer  walls  of  churches,  theaters,  foundries,  machine 
«hops,  school  houses  and  other  buildings  of  a  public  character  shall  in  no 
<5ase  be  less  than  specified  in  Section  8  for  warehouses  and  stores,  and  shall 
have  in  addition  thereto  such  piers  or  buttresses  as  may  be  in  the  judgment 
of  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens  necessary  to  make  a  substantial  building.  In 
■all  walls  that  are  built  hollow,  the  same  amount  of  material  shall  be  used  in 
their  construction  as  if  they  were  solid,  and  no  hollow  wall  shall  be  built 
unless  the  two  walls  are  connected  by  proper  ties  either  of  brick  or  gal- 
vanized iron  straps  placed  not  over  20  inches  apart,  and  of  a  proper  stiffness. 

No  recess  for  water  or  other  pipes  shall  be  made  in  a  16-inch  party  wall, 
nor  in  any  other  wall  more  than  one  quarter  of  its  thickness;  and  the  recess 
around  said  pipe  or  pipes  shall  be  filled  up  solid  for  the  space  of  two  feet  on 
the  top  and  bottom  of  each  story  to  prevent  the  passage  of  fire  or  smoke. 
The  hight  of  walls  and  buildings  shall  be  computed  from  the  curb  level  to 
the  top  of  the  highest  point  of  the  wall  or  building,  exclusive  of  chimneys; 
the  width  of  buildings  shall  be  computed  by  the  way  the  beams  are  placed; 
the  lengthwise  of  the  beams  shall  be  considered  and  taken  to  be  the  width- 
wise  of  the  building;  bearing  walls  shall  be  those  walls  on  which  the  beams, 
trusses  or  girders  rest.  No  portion  of  the  brick  walls  shall  be  carried  up 
higher  than  the  other  portions  more  than  one  story  in  hight,  and  then  it  shall 
be  securely  anchored  to  the  other  portions  at  distances  not  to  exceed  six  feet 
in  hight,  and  the  work  shall  be  racked  back  not  less  than  six  feet  for  the  pur- 
pose of  securely  bonding  the  work. 

[Hights  of  Foundations  and  Stories.] 

Skction  10.  The  hights  of  foundations  shall  be  that  portion  of  the 
structure  below  the  line  of  the  curb  of  the  street,  in  front  of  the  center  of 
the  front  line  of  the  building,  and  the  hights  of  the  several  stories  shall  be 
computed  from  the  level  of  the  surface  of  the  floor  to  the  line  of  the  ceiling 
above — measured  at  the  wall  line — and  shall  be  for  a  one- story  building  not 
more  than  16  feet  in  hight,  and  for  a  two-story  building  the  hight  of  the 


128  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

first  story  shall  not  exceed  16  feet  in  hight,  and  the  second  story  shall  not  exceed 
14  feet  in  hight;  for  a  three-story  building  the  first  story  shall  not  exceed  17 
feet  in  hight,  the  second  story  shall  not  exceed  14  feet  in  hight,  the  third  story 
shall  not  exceed  12  feet  in  hight;  and  for  a  four-story  building  the  first  story 
shall  not  exceed  18  feet  in  hight,  the  second  story  shall  not  exceed  14  feet  in 
hight,  the  third  story  shall  not  exceed  13  feet  in  hight  and  the  fourth  story 
shall  not  exceed  11  feet  in  hight;  for  a  five-story  building  the  first  story  shall 
not  exceed  20  feet  in  hight,  the  second  story  shall  not  exceed  15  feet  in  hight, 
the  third  story  shall  not  exceed  13  feet  in  hight,  and  the  fourth  story  shall  not 
exceed  12  feet  in  hight,  and  the  fifth  story  shall  not  exceed  11  feet  in  hight; 
and  for  a  six-story  building  the  first  story  shall  not  exceed  22  feet  in  hight, 
the  second  story  shall  not  exceed  16  feet  in  hight,  the  third  story  shall  not 
exceed  13  feet  in  hight,  and  the  fourth  story  shall  not  exceed  12  feet  in  hight, 
and  the  fifth  story  shall  not  exceed  11  feet  in  hight,  and  the  sixth  story  shall 
not  exceed  10  feet  ii  hight;  for  a  seven-story  building  the  first  story  shall  not 
exceed  22  feet  in  hight,  the  second  story  shall  not  exceed  16  feet  in  hight, 
the  third  story  shall  not  exceed  15  feet  in  hight,  the  fourth  story  shall  not 
exceed  14  feet  in  hight,  the  fifth  story  shall  not  exceed  12  feet  in  hight,  the 
sixth  story  shall  not  exceed  11  feet  in  hight,  and  the  seventh  story  shall  not 
exceed  10  feet  in  hight. 

It  shall  be  lawful  to  vary  these  hights  when  the  same  thickness  of  wall 
is  used  for  both  stories — that  is,  one  story  may  be  made  higher  and  the  other 
story  must  be  made  as  much  lower. 

If  any  increase  in  the  hight  of  stories  other  than  those  herein  mentioned 
shall  be  made,  the  walls  shall  be  strengthened  either  by  piers,  buttresses  or 
columns,  so  placed  as  not  to  exceed  12  feet  from  centers.  All  foundation 
walls  shall  be  four  inches  thicker  than  the  walls  next  above  them,  for  a  depth 
of  16  feet  below  the  curb  level,  and  shall  be  increased  four  inches  in  thick- 
ness for  every  five  feet  or  part  thereof  below  that  depth. 

[Construction  of  Theaters,  Opera  Houses,  Concert  Halls,  or  other  Buildings  intended  to 
be  used  for  the  above  Purposes,  or  for  any  other  Public  Entertainment— hereafter  to  be 
Erected,  Altered  or  Changed.  ^ 

Sec'iion  11.  Every  theater,  opera  house,  concert  hall,  or  building  to  be 
used  for  public  entertainment  hereafter  erected,  altered  or  changed  shall  have 
at  least  one  front  on  the  highway  or  public  street,  and  in  front  there  shall  be 
suitable  means  of  entrance  and  exit  for  the  audience.  An  open  space  shall 
be  reserved  for  the  use  of  the  audience  in  leaving  the  building,  and  for  ser- 
vice in  the  event  of  fire,  to  be  on  three  sides  of  the  portion  of  the  structure  in 
which  the  auditorium  and  stage  are  placed.  The  said  space  shall  not  average 
less  than  ten  (10)  feet  in  width  for  places  accommodating  one  thousand 
(1,000)  persons,  and  it  shall  have  outlets  on  the  highway  or  public  street 
aggregating  not  less  than  twenty  (20)  feet  in  width,  and  proper  outlets  shall 
be  provided  for  the  stage.     For  all  buildings  enumerated  above  the  outlets 


BOAKD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  129 

and  space  shall  be  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  persons  accommodated, 
but  in  no  case  shall  the  outlets  be  less  than  on  an  aggregate  of  sixteen 
(16)  feet  in  width  to  the  highway  or  public  street.     The  above-mentioned 
space  and  outlets  shall  be  kept   free  from  any  obstruction  whatever.     No 
portiou   of    any   building   hereafter    erected,    altered,    changed  or  used,   or 
to  be  used   for  any   of    the    above    purposes  shall  be    occupied  or  used 
as    a   hotel,  boarding  or  lodging  house,  factory,    or  for  storage  purposes, 
unless   the   same  is  completely  isolated  by  brick  walls,  which   shall   pass 
up    and    through    the    roof     at    least  four    (4)    feet;    and    no    workshop 
or   storage  room   for   theatrical   purposes   shall  be  allowed  above  either  the 
stage  or  the  auditorium.     Carpenter  shops  and  property  room  for  the  storage 
of  furniture  and  other  accessories  may  be  provided  for  on  the  premises,  in 
which  case  they  shall  be  separate  from  the  other  portions  of  the  theater  by 
means  of  fire-proof  partitions  and   ceilings;  the  painted  scenery  and  other 
decorations  may  be  stored  in   a  contiguous  store-room,  but  they  shall  be 
enclosed  with  fire-proof  partitions,  ceilings  and  floors;  and  no  place  in  the 
building  shall  be  let  for  the  storage   or  sale  of  any  article  classified  by 
Insurance  Companies  as  hazardous  or  extra-hazardous  material.     The  roof 
of  the  building  shall  be  divided  by  means  of  fire-proof  partitions  into  com- 
partments not  more  than  twenty-five  feet  in  length,  by  the  full  width  of  the 
building,  and  said  partitions  shall  extend  from  the  ceiling  to  the  underside  of 
the  sheathing  of  the  roof,  and  proper  doorways  shall  be  placed  in  the  center 
of  each  partition  with  a  self-closing  iron  door,  or  a  wooden  door  covered  with 
iron,  and  there  shall  be  a  substantial  passage-way  from  front  to  rear  of  said 
roof  for  the   convenience   of  firemen,  and   shall  have  substantial  railings  at 
each  side.     All  ventilator  shafts  from  the  ceiling  line  shall  be  of  fire-proof 
material,  and  shall  pass  at  least  four  (4)  feet  above  the  roof.     The  roof  over 
the  stage  shall  have  skylights  equal  in  area  to  one   quarter  of  said  roof,  and 
the  whole  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  open  instantly  on  the  cutting  or  burning 
of  a  hempen  cord,  which  shall  be  arranged  to  hold   said  skylight  closed,  or 
some  other  device  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Fire  "Wardens  may  be  used 
if  equally  simple.     All  stage   scenery  or  decorations  made   of   combustible 
material,  and  all  woodwork  about  the  stage  shall  be  saturated  with  some  in- 
combustible preparation  or  material,  or  otherwise  rendered  safe  against  fire, 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens.    All  seats  in  the  auditorium 
except  those  contained  in  the  boxes,  shall  be  firmly  secured  to  the  floors,  and 
no  seat  in  the  auditorium  shall  have  more  than  six  (6)  seats  intervening 
between  it  and  an  aisle,  and  no  camp-stools  or  other  obstruction  shall  be 
placed  in  any  aisle  or  passage-way.     AH  aisles  in  the  auditorium  shall  have 
at  least  a  width  of  twenty  (20)  inches  for  every  one  hundred  persons  or  parts 
thereof,  to  be  provided  for;  and  no  aisle  or  passage  way  shall  be  less  than 
three  feet  six  inches  at  the  narrowest  points,  and  shall  be  increased  in  width 
to  the  point  of  exit,  at  least  one  inch   for  every  five   running  feet  or  part 
thereof.     Every  doorway  communicating  between  the  aisles  and  passage-ways 
in  the  auditorium,  and  any  lobby  or  corridor,  shall  have  a  clear  opening  of 
y 


130  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

not  less  than  the  full  width  of  the  aisles  and  passage-ways  leading  to  such 
doorway,  and  each  door  shall  open  outwardly.  The  aggregate  capacity  of 
the  lobbies,  corridors,  passages  and  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  audience  must 
on  each  floor  or  gallery  be  sufficient  to  contain  the  entire  number  to  be 
accommodated  on  said  floor  or  gallery  in  the  following  ratio,  viz.:  two 
hundred  and  fifty  superficial  feet  of  floor  room  is  to  be  allowed  for  every 
one  hundred  persons.  Every  theatre,  concert  hall,  opera  house  or  other 
building  iised  for  any  public  entertainment  accommodating  three  hundred  per- 
sons shall  have  not  less  than  two  exits;  when  accommodating  -five  hundred 
persons  at  least  three  exits  shall  be  provided,  and  no  doorway  of  exit 
or  entrance  for  the  use  of  the  public  shall  be  less  than  six  feet  in  width;  and 
for  every  one  hundred  persons  additional,  or  portions  thereof,  to  be  ac- 
commodated, in  excess  of  five  hundred  persons  twenty  inches  additional  width 
shall  be  allowed;  all  doors  of  exit  or  entrance  shall  open  outwardly,  and  no 
such  doors  shall  be  closed  or  locked  during  any  representation,  or  when  the 
building  is  open  to  the  public.  Distinct  and  separate  places  of  exit  and 
entrance  shall  be  provided  for  each  gallery  above  the  first  floor.  A  common 
place  of  exit  may  serve  for  the  main  floor  of  the  auditorium  and  the  first 
gallery;  provided,  however,  its  capacity  is  equal  to  the  aggregate  capacity  of 
the  outlets  from  the  main  floor  and  gallery.  All  stairs  shall  be  constructed 
of  tire-proof  material  throughout;  stairways  serving  for  the  exit  of  one  hundred 
people  must,  if  straight,  be  four  feet  wide,  and  if  curved  or  winding,  shall 
be  not  less  than  five  feet  six  inches  wide;  and  for  every  additional  one 
hundred  people  to  be  accommodated  nine  inches  must  be  added  to  the  width 
of  the  stairs,  and  in  no  case  shall  the  risers  exceed  seven  and  a  half 
inches  in  hight,  and  the  treads  shall  not  be  less  than  eleven  inches  in  width, 
and  in  circular  or  winding  stairs  the  point  or  narrowest  part  of  the  steps  shall 
not  be  less  than  seven  inches.  Not  less  than  two  independent  staircases  with 
direct  exterior  outlets  shall  also  be  provided  for  the  galleries  in  the  auditorium, 
and  the  same  shall  be  located  on  the  opposite  sides  of  the  said  galleries;  at  least 
two  independent  staircases  shall  also  be  provided  for  the  use  of  the  stage 
people,  and  shall  be  located  on  the  opposite  sides  of  the  same,  and  all  of 
said  staircases  shall  be  enclosed  to  the  hight  of  the  ceilings.  When  straight 
stairs  return  directly  upon  themselves,  a  landing  of  the  full  width  of  both 
flights,  and  of  the  depth  of  not  less  than  once  and  a  half  the  length  of  the 
steps  shall  be  provided.  Stairs  turning  at  an  angle  must  have  a  proper  landing 
without  risers  at  the  turn.  In  stairs  where  two  side  flights  connect  with  one 
main  flight,  no  winders  shall  be  introduced,  and  the  width  of  the  main  flight 
must  be  equal  to  the  aggregate  width  of  the  side  flights.  Circular  or  winding 
stairs  shall  have  proper  landings  introduced  at  convenient  distances.  The 
ceilings  of  the  auditorium  and  of  the  lobbies  and  staircases  shall  be  lathed 
with  iron  laths,  and  finished  with  three  good  coats  of  mortar.  All  enclosed 
passages,  corridors  snd  staircases  shall  have  on  both  sides  a  strong  hand  rail, 
firmly  secured  to  the  walls,  three  inches  distant  therefrom,  and  not  less  than 
three  feet  above  the  floor  or  stairs,  and  no  passage  leading  to  any  stairs  or 


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♦exit  shall  be  less  than  four  feet  wide  at  the  narrowest  point.  Every  portion 
of  the  building  devoted  to  the  use  or  accommodation  of  the  public,  also  all 
•outlets  leading  to  the  highway  or  street,  shall  be  well  and  properly  lighted 
during  every  performance,  and  the  same  shall  be  kept  lighted  until  the 
audience  shall  have  departed  from  the  premises.  Gas  mains  supplying 
«ny  of  the  above-named  places  shall  have  independent  connections  from  the 
•stage  and  auditorium,  and  proper  provisions  shall  be  made  for  cutting  or 
shutting  oflf  the  gas  from  the  outside  contiguous  to  the  premises.  All  stage 
lights  shall  have  strong  metal  wire  guards  or  screens  of  sufficient  fineness  [so] 
that  any  materials  coming  in  contact  therewith  shall  not  be  in  danger  from 
the  flame.  In  some  conspicuous  place  on  every  gallery  or  floor,  the  regula- 
tions for  the  protection  of  the  public  against  fire  or  accident  shall  be  posted, 
together  with  a  diagram  or  plan  of  the  gallery  or  floor,  showing  distinctly  the 
mode  of  exit  therefrom.  And  every  exit  shall  have  over  the  same  on  the 
inside  the  word  exit,  painted  in  large  letters  not  less  than  eight  inches  in 
length.  The  wall  separating  the  stage  from  the  auditorium  shall  be  of  brick 
or  stone,  or  constructed  of  fire-proof  materials,  and  the  wall  separating  the 
auditorium  from  the  vestibule,  refreshment  or  other  rooms,  also  those  enclos- 
ing the  staircase,  shall  be  built  of  brick  or  stone,  or  shall  be  formed  of  iron, 
and  plastered  on  both  sides,  and  the  doorways  in  said  walls  shall  be  provided 
with  wrought  iron  doors.  All  walls  and  partitions  in  that  portion  of  the 
building  which  contains  the  auditorium,  the  entrance,  vestibule,  or  any  room 
or  passage  devoted  to  the  use  of  the  public,  shall  be  constructed  of  tire-proof 
material,  and  all  doorways  shall  be  provided  with  self-closing,  wrought-iron 
doors.  The  partitions  separating  the  actors' dressing-rooms  from  the  stage 
shall  be  lathed  with  iron  laths  on  both  sides,  and  shall  be  finished  with  three 
good  coats  of  mortar. 

(Fire  Protection  for  Theaters  and  other  Places  of  Public  Assembly,  and  where  Stages  and 

Scenery  are  Used.] 

Section  12.  Stand  pipes  shall  be  provided  with  hose  attachments  on 
€very  floor  and  gallery  as  follows,  viz. :  one  on  each  side  of  the  auditorium 
and  one  on  each  side  of  the  stage  and  one  in  the  property  room ,  and  they 
shall  be  kept  full  of  water  with  a  pressure  direct  from  the  street  main,  and 
shall  connect  with  a  system  of  perforated  pipes  or  sprinklers  to  be  provided 
on  the  stage  and  in  the  auditorium,  and  they  shall  pass  up  and  into  the  space 
over  the  ceilings;  at  least  one  hundred  feet  of  rubber  hose  such  as  is  used  by 
the  Fire  Department,  with  proper  nozzles,  shall  be  provided  and  set  at  each 
hose  connection,  and  shall  be  kept  in  full  view  and  ready  for  immediate  use, 
and  there  shall  be  kept  upon  the  stage  on  each  side  thereof,  in  full  view,  not 
less  than  twelve  buckets,  always  to  be  full  of  water,  and  the  words  fire  buckets 
plainly  painted  thereon,  and  they  shall  not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose; 
and  there  shall  also  be  two  what  is  known  as  Johnson  pumps,  and  not  less 
than  six  Babcock  or  more  improved  fire  extinguishers  placed  in  full  view 


132  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

behind  the  stage.  There  shall  be  two  axes  placed  on  each  side  of  the  stage^ 
and  two  large  fire  hooks,  one  on  each  side,  contiguous  to  said  axes,  all  to  be 
in  plain  view. 

And  all  of  the  stand  pipes  are  not  to  be  less  than  four  inches  in  diameter,.- 
the  hose,  pumps,  buckets,  fire  extinguishers,  gas  pipes,  foot  lights  and  all 
other  apparatus  herein  provided  shall  be  in  charge  of  the  Fire  Department, 
and  the  Fire  Wardens  are  hereby  directed  to  see  that  the  arrangements  in 
respect  thereto  are  carried  out  and  enforced.  In  all  passages  of  exit  there 
shall  be  placed,  in  addition  to  the  gas  lights,  oil  lamps  of  sufficient  illumina- 
ting capacity  to  light  said  passage-way  in  the  event  of  any  accident  to  the  gas 
pipes  during  any  performance,  so  that  the  audience  shall  be  able  to  see  the 
way  out;  and  said  lamps  shall  be  of  brass  and  filled  with  non-explosive  oil, 
and  shall  be  lighted  during  the  performance  and  until  the  audience  shall  have 
passed  out. 


[Division  Walls.] 

Section  13.  Where  a  building  is  divided  by  division  walls  they  shall  not 
be  of  any  less  thickness  than  the  outer  walls  of  the  building,  and  where  they 
support  the  floor  timbers  on  both  sides  they  shall  be  of  the  required  thickness 
of  party  walls. 

[Party  Walls.] 

Section  14.  Party  walls  shall  be  twenty  inches  thick  for  the  basement 
or  foundation,  and  sixteen  inches  thick  for  each  story,  for  the  hight  of  three 
stories  above  the  basement  or  foundation,  and  twelve  inches  thick  for  the 
fourth  story.  For  a  five-story  building,  the  basement  or  foundation  walls 
shall  be  twenty-four  inches  thick,  first  story  twenty-one  inches  thick,  second^ 
third  and  fourth  stories  sixteen  inches  thick,  and  the  fifth  story  twelve 
inches  thick.  For  a  six-story  building,  the  basement  or  foundation  shall  be 
twenty-four  inches  thick,  the  first  and  second  stories  twenty-one  inches  thick, 
the  third,  fourth  and  fifth  stories  shall  be  sixteen  inches  thick,  and  the 
sixth  story  twelve  inches  thick.  For  a  seven-story  building,  the  basement 
or  foundation  shall  be  two  feet  four  inches  in  thickness,  the  first  and  second 
stories  shall  be  two  feet  in  thickness,  the  third  story  shall  be  twenty-one 
inches  in  thickness,  and  the  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  stories  shall  be  sixteen 
inches  in  thickness,  and  the  seventh  story  shall  be  twelve  inches  in  thick- 
ness. Party  walls  shall  be  understood  to  be  solid  brick  or  stone  walls. 
Should  openings  be  required  in  said  walls  they  shall  not  exceed  six  feet  in 
width,  and  shall  have  a  solid  brick  arch  formed  with  three  rollocks,  and 
shall  have  wrought  iron  doors  at  each  side  of  the  wall ;  and  not  more  than 
two  openings  shall  be  allowed  in  said  walls  for  each  story. 


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[Bulkhead  or  Area  Walls,] 

If  constructed  of  brick  or  stone,  or  brick  and  stone,  shall  not  be  less  than 
twelve  inches  in  thickness,  for  a  highf  not  to  exceed  four  feet,  and  shall  be 
increased  four  inches  in  thickness  for  every  four  feet  or  part  thereof  in 
hight  additional;  and  shall  have  footing  or  base  courses  of  not  less  than 
three-fourths  of  the  thickness  of  the  wall;  and  proper  provision  must  be  made 
for  the  drainage  of  the  same.  The  mortar  used  for  the  brickwork  shall  be 
formed  with  hydraulic  cement  four  parts,  quick-lime  one  part,  and  sharp 
sand  two  parts.  If  the  bulkhead  or  retaining  wall  is  near  the  street  line,  the 
foundations  shall  be  at  least  four  feet  below  the  grade  of  the  street. 

[Embankment  or  Retaining  Walls.— Bulkhead  or  Area  Walls  and  Fence  defined.] 

Embankment  or  retaining  walls  shall  be  understood  as  structures  of  brick 
or  stoue,  or  brick  and  stone,  or  concrete,  erected  for  the  purpose  of  sus- 
taining the  pressure  of  earth,  sand,  or  filling  or  backing,  and  they  shall 
be  constructed  in  conformity  with  the  rules  given  by  Trautwine,  or  other 
treatises  or  authors  now  or  hereafter  used  at  the  United  States  Academy  at 
"West  Point  for  such  work.  Bulkhead  or  area  walls  shall  be  those  walls  usually 
erected  in  connection  with  buildings,  for  the  purpose  of  sustaining  sidewalks 
or  yards,  and  are  to  be  covered  or  arched  over.  Fence  walls  shall  not  be  less 
than  twelve  inches  in  thickness  for  a  hight  of  eight  feet,  and  shall  be  in- 
creased four  inches  more  in  thickness  for  every  four  feet  or  part  thereof  of 
additional  hight.     (As  amended  IVIarch  3,  1884,  by  Order  1,760.) 

[Stone  Walls,  Headers,  Brick  Walls,  how  Constructed — Walls  faced  with  Ashlar— Heading 

Courses.] 

Section  15.  All  stone  walls  less  than  twenty-four  inches  thick  shall  have 
at  least  one  header  extending  through  the  wall  in  every  six  square  feet,  and, 
if  over  twenty-four  inches  in  thickness,  shall  have  one  header  for  every  six 
superficial  feet  on  both  sides  of  the  wall  and  running  into  the  wall  at  least 
two  feet.  In  every  brick  wall  every  fifth  course  of  bricks  shall  be  a  heading 
course,  except  where  walls  are  faced  with  pressed  brick,  in  which  case  every 
fifth  course  shall  be  bonded  into  the  backing  by  cutting  the  courses  of  the 
faced  brick  and  putting  in  diagonal  headers  behind  the  same,  or  by  splitting 
face  brick  in  half  and  backing  the  same  by  a  continuous  row  of  headers.  In 
all  walls  which  are  faced  with  thin  ashlar,  anchored  to  the  backing,  or  in 
which  the  ashlar  has  not  either  alternate  headers  and  stretchers  in  each 
course,  or  alternately  heading  and  stretching  courses,  the  backing  of  brick 
shall  not  be  less  than  eight  inches  thick,  and  all  eight-inch  backing  shall  be 
laid  up  in  cement  mortar,  and  shall  not  be  built  to  greater  hight  than  pre- 
scribed for  eight-inch  walls.  All  heading  courses  shall  be  good,  hard,  perfect 
brick. 


134  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

I  Anchoring  Walls— Stone  Facing— Beams  to  be  Strapped— Ctonstruction  of  AnchoreJ 

Section  16.  All  -walls  shall  be  securely  anchored  with  iron  anchors  to  eacbi 
tier  of  beams.  The  front,  rear,  side,  end,  and  party  walls  shall,  if  not  carried" 
up  together,  be  anchored  to  each  other  every  six  feet  in  their  hight  by  tie- 
anchors  made  of  one  and  three-quarter  inch  by  three-eighths  of  an  inch 
wrought  iron.  The  said  anchors  shall  be  built  into  the  full  thickness  of  the- 
front  and  rear  walls,  and  shall  have  flat  heads  not  less  than  eight  inches  in 
diameter  on  the  outside  of  said  walls,  so  as  to  secure  the  front  and  rear  walla 
to  the  side,  end  or  party  walls;  and  all  stone  used  for  the  facing  of  any  build- 
ing, except  where  built  with  alternate  headers  and  stretchers,  as  hereinbefore- 
set  forth,  shall  be  strongly  anchored  with  iron  anchors,  and  all  such  anchors- 
shall  be  let  into  the  stone  at  least  one  inch.  The  sides,  front,  and  rear  and 
party  walls  shall  be  anchored  to  each  tier  of  beams  at  intervals  of  not  more 
than  eight  feet,  with  good,  strong  wrought  iron  anchors,  three-eighths  by  onfr 
and  one-half  inches,  built  in  not  less  than  two-thirds  of  the  thickness  of  the- 
side  walls,  and  have  the  ends  turned  down  into  the  joists  and  securely  spiked 
thereto,  and  where  the  beams  are  supported  by  girders  the  ends  of  the  beams 
resting  on  the  girder  shall  be  strapped  by  wrought  iron  straps  of  the  same 
size,  and  at  the  same  distance  apart,  and  in  the  same  beams  as.  the  wall 
anchors.  All  wall  anchors  used  in  any  building  shall  be  not  less  than  three- 
eighths  by  one  and  one-half  inches  wrought  iron,  not  less  than  three  feet  six. 
inches  in  length,  turned  down  into  the  joist  or  back  tie,  and  shall  have  a  flat- 
head  of  either  wrought  or  cast  iron  not  less  than  six  inches  square,  riveted  on.- 


[Timbers  near  Flues,  how  Placed— Beams  in  Party  Walls,  how  Separated,  etc.— Wall  Strips^ 
Bond  Timbers  and  Lintels— Bond  Timbers,  Size  and  how  Laid.] 

Section  17.  In  no  building,  whether  the  same  be, a  frame  building  or 
otherwise,  shall  any  wooden  beams  or  timbers  be  placed  within  six  inches  of 
any  flue,  whether  the  same  be  a  smoke,  air  or  any  other  flue.  All  wooden- 
beams  or  other  timbers  in  the  party  wall  of  every  building  hereafter  erectedt 
or  built  of  stone,  or  brick  or  iron,  shall  be  separated  from  the  beam  or  tim- 
ber entering  in  the  opposite  side  of  the  wall  by  not  less  than  four  inches  of 
solid  mason  work,  and  every  beam,  joist  or  bearing  timber  shall  rest  at  least 
four  inches  in  the  wall  or  on  the  girder,  as  authorized  by  this  Order,  exclu- 
sive of  any  corbel  or  projection  from  the  wall.  No  timber  shall  be  used  in» 
any  wall  of  any  building  where  stone,  brick  or  iron  is  commonly  used,  except 
wall  plates  to  receive  the  roof,  bond  timbers  and  lintels,  as  provided  in 
this  Order.  No  bond  timber  shall  exceed  four  inches  in  width  and  three 
feet  in  length.  They  shall  be  laid  horizontal,  and  there  shall  be  eighteen 
inches  of  solid  mason  work  between  them.  In  all  buildings  of  brick  or 
stone  the  ends  of  the  joists  shall  be  cut  with  a  bevel  of  not  less  than  three- 
inches.  Every  trimmer  or  header  more  than  six  feet  long  used  in  any- 
building  except  a  dwelling  house  shall  be  hung  in  stirrup  irons  of  wrought 


BOAKD   OF  SUPEKVISOES.  135 

iron  of  a  proper  thickness  and  width  for  the  size  of  the  timbers;  and  all  gird- 
ers, trimmers  and  tie-beams,  and  other  principal  framing  timbers,  shall 
rest  at  least  eight  inches  on  the  walls  or  girders.  In  all  buildings  in  which 
the  joists  exceed  ten  inches  in  depth  there  shall  be  a  row  of  solid  bridging 
set  in  and  securely  nailed;  said  line  of  bridging  shall  not  exceed  twenty -five 
feet  apart,  and  shall  not  be  less  than  two  inches  in  thickness,  so  as  to  pre- 
vent the  passage  of  fire  or  smoke. 

[Stud  Partitions,  how  to  be  Constructed.] 

Stud  partitions  in  brick  or  stone  buildings,  or  brick  and  stone  buildings, 
shall  have  two  rows  of  solid  bridging,  not  less  than  two  inches  in  thickness, 
to  finish  flush  on  both  sides  of  the  studs  of  each  story;  and  when  the 
partitions  are  formed  with  more  than  one  row  of  studding,  or  are  cross-furred, 
the  bridging  shall  finish  flush  with  the  face  of  the  studs  or  furring  at  each 
side,  so  as  to  effectually  prevent  the  passage  of  fire  or  smoke.  Furring 
against  brick  walls  shall  not  exceed  one  inch  in  thickness,  and  no  wedges 
of  wood  or  iron,  or  spikes  or  nails  shall  be  driven  into  walls  within  eight 
inches  of  any  flue  or  fire-place;  and  when  chimney-breasts  are  furred  out  and 
the  flues  are  of  less  width  than  the  chimney-breast,  the  space  between  the 
furring  and  the  flue  shall  be  so  bridged  at  each  half-story  and  at  the  ceiling 
line  as  to  prevent  the  passage  of  fire  or  smoke.  (As  amended  March  3,  1884, 
by  Order  1,760.) 

[Iron  Doors  and  Shutters.] 

Section  18.  All  owners,  occupants  or  the  person  or  persons  having  con- 
trol of  any  building  on  which  iron  shutters  are  placed,  shall  leave  all  such 
iron  shutters  above  the  first  story  open  and  fitted  so  as  the  firemen  can  readily 
close  them  when  needed  to  protect  the  building  from  fire.  All  iron  doors 
and  shutters  to  openings  on  the  first  story  of  any  building  shall  be  hung  on 
hinges,  and  the  locks  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  admit  of  easy  destruction  by 
the  Fire  Department  or  Fire  Patrol;  provided,  that  all  iron  doors  and  shutters 
shall  be  securely  fastened  in  the  wall,  or  be  hung  to  an  iron  frame.  This  shall 
apply  to  all  iron  doors  or  shutters  in  the  front,  on  the  sides,  or  in  the  rear  of 
a  building,  and  in  no  case  shall  all  the  iron  doors  or  shutters  of  a  building  be 
fastened  from  the  inside;  but  at  least  one  of  such  doors  in  the  front,  on  the 
side  and  in  the  rear  shall  be  fastened  with  a  lock,  as  above  prescribed.  (As 
amended  April  15,  1884,  by  Order  1,768.) 

[Boiler  Rooms.] 

Section  19.  All  boiler  rooms  or  boiler  houses  hereafter  constructed  shall 
be  built  of  brick,  stone  or  iron,  and  shall  be  so  arranged  that  all  openings 
between  said  boiler  room  or  house  and  other  parts  of  the  building  in  which 
it  is  placed  shall  be  closed  by  iron  doors  or  wood  covered  on  both  sides  with 
metal.    And  if  the  boiler  is  set  within  any  building  either  of  brick,  stone, 


136  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

iron  or  wood,  it  shall  be  isolated  from  the  other  portions  of  the  building  by 
fire-proof  partitions  with  doors  as  above  provided  for.  And  no  boiler  shall  be 
set  above  the  first  floor  of  any  building  unless  the  foundation  for  the  same 
shall  start  from  the  ground,  or  it  may  be  supported  on  wrought  iron  girders 
or  beams  built  into  the  brick  walls.  No  gas  engine  exceeding  four  horse 
power  shall  be  set  above  the  basement  floor  of  any  building. 

Openings  for  Doors  and  Windows  to  have  Arch  of  Stone  and  Brick— Hight  and  Breadth 
of  Lintels,  and  of  what  Constructed.] 

Section  20.  All  openings  for  doors  and  windows  in  all  buildings  except  as 
otherwise  provided,  shall  have  a  good  and  sufficient  arch  of  stone  or  brick, 
well  built  and  keyed,  and  with  good  and  sufficient  abutments,  or  a  lintel, 
stone  or  iron,  as  follows :  For  an  opening  of  not  more  than  four  feet  in  breadth, 
the  lintel  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  inches  in  hight,  and  for  an  opening  not 
more  than  five  feet  in  breadth  the  lintel  shall  be  twelve  inches  in  hight,  and 
for  an  opening  exceeding  five  feet  in  breadth  the  lintel  shall  increase  in 
hight—  over  and  above  the  twelve  inches  before  provided — one  inch  for  every 
additional  foot  in  breadth  for  the  opening;  and  every  such  opening  less  than 
five  feet  in  breadth  in  all  walls  over  eight  inches  in  thickness  shall  have  a 
lintel  of  stone  or  iron  not  less  than  seven  inches  in  breadth,  and  one-third 
the  thickness  of  the  wall  on  which  it  rests,  and  in  all  openings  aforesaid  in 
any  eight-inch  wall,  the  lintel  shall  be  one-half  the  thickness  of  the  wall; 
and  on  the  inside  of  all  openings  in  which  the  lintel  shall  be  less  than  the 
width  of  the  wall,  there  shall  be  a  good  timber  lintel  on  the  inside  of  the 
lintels,  which  shall  rest  on  each  end  not  more  than  four  inches  on  any  wall, 
column,  post  or  pillar,  and  shall  be  chamfered  at  each  end  and  shall  have  a 
double  rollock  arch  over  the  said  lintel,  or  the  said  arch  may  be  turned  on  a 
center  which  may  be  struck  after  the  arch  is  turned,  provided  the  piers  or 
abutments  are  of  sufficient  strength  to  bear  the  thrust  of  the  arch;  and  all 
arches  over  openings  or  fireplaces  shall  be  built  of  good  hard  brick  and  well 
keyed.  All  iron  lintels  used  to  span  openings  of  six  feet  wide  or  over,  upon 
which  a  brick  or  stone  wall  rests,  shall  have  a  bearing  of  not  less  than  twelve 
inches  at  each  end  resting  on  the  wall,  or  four  inches  if  resting  on  an  iron 
post,  by  the  full  thickness  of  the  wall  or  post;  if  the  span  exceeds  twelve  feet 
the  bearings  must  be  increased  in  proportion.  On  the  front  of  any  building 
where  the  supports  are  of  iron  or  stone,  they  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve 
inches  on  the  face  when  situated  at  the  end  of  a  girder,  and  in  no  case  shall 
they  be  less  than  the  thickness  of  the  wall  above  them.  If  the  posts  are  to  be 
party  posts  in  front  of  a  party  wall  and  are  to  be  used  for  two  buildings, 
then  the  said  posts  shall  not  be  less  than  sixteen  inches  by  the  thickness  of 
the  wall  above,  and  if  the  party  wall  shall  be  more  than  sixteen  inches  then 
the  face  of  the  posts  shall  be  the  full  width  of  the  wall.  When  lintels  or  gird- 
ers rest  upon  brick  walls  or  piers  they  shall  rest  upon  cut  granite  blocks 
twelve  inches  thick  by  eighteen  inches  long  by  the  full  thickness  of  the  wall 
or  pier,  or  upon  iron  plates  of  equal  strength  of  the  same  width  and  length; 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  137 

and  in  all  cases  where  the  girder  carries  a  wall  and  rests  upon  brick  piers  the 
bearing  shall  be  sufficient  to  carry  the  weight  above  with  safety;  and  cast  iron 
lintels  or  beams  used  to  span  openings  exceeding  eight  feet  in  the  clear  of 
supports,  and  upon  which  a  brick  or  stone  wall  rests,  or  which  carries  floor 
timbers,  shall  have  top  and  bottom  flanges  and  web  or  rib,  and  wrought  iron 
tie  rods  to  be  properly  secured  to  the  heel  or  skew-back  plates,  which  are  to 
support  a  brick  arch  of  such  thickness  as  in  the  event  of  the  iron  being 
destroyed  it  shall  be  of  sufficient  strength  to  carry  the  superincumbent  weight; 
and  the  bottom  flange  shall  be  covered  with  asbestos,  plaster,  cement  or  lime- 
mortar,  or  some  equally  fire-proof  composition.  If  an  arch  girder  is  used  it 
shall  have  double  nuts  at  each  end  and  the  tie  rods  and  soffit  of  the  arch 
shall  be  covered  with  fire-proof  composition  as  above  mentioned.  Wrought 
iron  girders,  if  made  of  plate  iron  and  of  the  box  pattern,  shall  have  proper 
diaphragms  placed  in  them  at  distances  not  to  exceed  five  feet  apart,  and  the 
rivetiDg  shall  be  done  hot  and  hammered  to  a  i^roper  conical  head.  The 
strength  of  the  lintels  shall  be  calculated  by  the  rules  mentioned  in  Section 
3  of  this  Order,  and  the  safe  load  shall  not  exceed  one-fourth  of  the  breaking 
load  for  cast  iron;  and  for  wrought  iron  the  safe  load  shall  not  exceed  one- 
third  of  the  breaking  load;  and  for  columns,  posts,  pillars  or  other  vertical 
supports,  or  for  tie  rods  or  tie  beams  subjected  to  a  tensile  strain,  the  safe 
load  shall  not  exceed  one-sixth  of  the  breaking  load,  and  where  subject  to 
vibration  the  safe  load  shall  not  exceed  one-eighth  the  breaking  load.  All 
columns  which  are  placed  as  the  main  supports  of  a  wall  or  part  thereof, 
whether  the  same  shall  be  interior  walls  or  exterior  walls,  excepting  a  wall 
fronting  on  a  streeet,  shall  be  constructed  double,  that  is,  an  outside  and  in- 
side column,  the  latter  to  be  of  sufficient  strength  to  carry  the  entire  weight 
imposed,  or  a  column  having  inner  webs  of  sufficient  strength  to  carry  the 
weight  imposed,  independent  of  the  outer  column,  may  be  used,  as  the  Fire 
Wardens  may  certify  as  being  proper  to  resist  fire.  No  post,  or  pillar,  or  col- 
umn shall  be  used  in  any  building  having  a  less  thickness  of  metal  than 
three-quarters  inch,  and  there  shall  be  drilled  through  said  posts  or  pillars 
one-quarter  inch  holes  as  the  Fire  Wardens  may  require  to  test  the  thickness  of 
metal  in  the  same.  All  iron  posts  in  front  of  party  walls  shall  be  built  up 
solid  with  masonry  and  made  perfectly  solid  between  post  and  wall  to  prevent 
the  passage  of  fire  or  smoke.  All  iron  posts  or  pillars  shall  have  plates  on 
top  to  prevent  the  passage  of  fire,  and  the  tops  and  bottoms  of  all  posts  or 
pillars  shall  be  turned  true.  Vault  beams,  lintels  or  girders  bearing  a  side- 
walk shall  rest  upon  columns  of  stone,  brick  or  iron,  and  shall  be  bolted 
thereto,  and  shall  be  of  sufficient  strength  to  bear  upon  each  superficial  foot 
of  the  sidewalk,  exclusive  of  the  weight  of  the  material  of  which  the  side- 
walk is  composed,  400  pounds. 

[Bricks  to  be  used.] 

Section  21.  No  swelled  or  refused  brick  shall  be  allowed  in  any  wall  or 
pier;  and  brick  used  in  the  construction,  alteration  or  repairs  of  any  build- 
ing or  part  thereof,  shall  be  good,  hard,  well-burned  brick. 


138  GENERAL    ORDERS  OF   THE 

[Mortar,  of  what  Material.] 

Section  22.  The  mortar  used  in  the  construction,  alteration  or  repairs  of 
any  building  shall  be  composed  of  lime  or  cement,  mixed  with  sand  in  the  pro- 
portion of  three  (3)  of  sand  to  one  (1)  of  lime  and  two  (2)  of  sand  to  one  (1) 
of  cement;  and  no  lime  and  sand  mortar  shall  be  used  within  twenty-four  (24) 
hours  after  being  mixed;  and  all  walls  or  parts  thereof  below  the  curb  level 
shall  be  laid  in  cement  mortar  in  the  proportion  of  one  (1)  of  cement  to  two 
(2)  of  mortar.  No  inferior  lime  or  cement  shall  be  used;  and  all  sand  shall 
be  clean,  sharp  grit,  and  free  from  loam,  and  all  joints  and  all  walls  shall  be 
entirely  filled  with  mortar. 

[Cornices.] 

Section  23.  No  cornice,  entablatures,  belt  courses  or  other  ornamental 
projections  of  wood  shall  be  placed  on  any  brick  building  within  the  city  and 
county.  All  exterior  cornices,  entablatures,  belt  courses  and  other  projec- 
tions of  an  ornamental  character,  to  exceed  6  inches  in  hight  and  6  inches  in 
projection,  shall  be  constructed  of  some  fire-proof  material,  if  of  iron  to  be 
riveted-together  with  rivets  not  more  than  2  inches  apart,  and  shall  be  sup- 
ported on  wrought  iron  brackets,  built  into  the  wall  at  distances  not  to  exceed 
2  feet  apart;  and  in  every  instance,  the  greatest  weight  of  stone,  iron  or  other 
material  of  which  they  shall  be  composed,  shall  be  on  the  inside  of  the  outer 
line  of  the  wall  on  which  they  may  rest,  in  the  proportion  of  4  of  wall  to  2 
of  cornice  in  weight;  allowance  must  be  made  for  the  excess  of  leverage  pro- 
duced by  the  projection  of  cornice  beyond  the  face  of  the  wall;  all  cornices 
shall  be  well  secured  to  the  wall  with  iron  anchors,  independent  of  any  wood 
work,  and  in  all  cases  the  walls  shall  be  carried  up  to  the  planking  of  the 
roof;  and  when  the  roof  is  below  the  cornice,  then  the  walls  shall  be  carried 
up  to  the  top  of  the  cornice  or  the  blocking  over  the  same,  and  shall  be  coped 
with  some  fire-proof  material.  All  wooden  cornices  or  gutters  on  brick  build- 
ings that  are  now,  or  may  hereafter  become  unsafe,  shall  be  taken  down  and 
re-constructed  of  some  fire-proof  material,  upon  an  order  from  the  Board  of 
Fire  Wardens. 

[Building  Brick  over  Wood.] 

Section  24.  No  brick  or  stone  wall  shall  be  supported  upon  stringers  of 
wood,  and  no  stone  or  iron  steps  shall  be  set  upon  wooden  carriages  in  any 
part  of  the  city  and  county. 

[Building  of  Additional  Story  or  Kepairs.] 

Section  25.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  raise,  build  upon,  or 
alter  any  building  of  brick  or  stone,  or  of  both,  unless  said  building  has  been 
built  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  Order,  regulating  the  erection 
of  brick  buildings. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  139 

No  building  already  erected  or  hereafter  to  be  built  in  said  city  and  county 
shall  be  enlarged,  raised  or  built  upon  in  such  a  manner,  that  were  the  said 
building  wholly  built  or  constructed  after  the  passage  of  this  Order  it  could  be 
a  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order.  And  before  any  building 
of  brick,  stone,  iron  or  wood  shall  be  enlarged,  raised,  altered  or  built  upon, 
the  same  shall  be  first  examined  by  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens,  to  ascertain 
if  the  same  is  in  good  condition  to  be  enlarged,  raised,  altered  or  built  upon*- 
who  shall  certify  to  the  safety  of  making  said  alterations.  The  Fire  Wardens 
shall  have  full  power  in  passing  upon  any  question  relating  to  the  mode  and 
manner  of  construction,  or  materials  used  in  the  erection,  alterations  or 
repairs  of  any  building  or  other  structure  provided  for  in  this  Order,  and  to 
make  the  same  conform  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  the  several  pro- 
visions hereof.  They  shall  have  discretionary  power  to  vary  or  modify  the 
provisions  of  this  Order  upon  application  therefor  in  writing  in  all  cases  of 
alterations  to  old  buildings,  or  the  use  of  party  walls  belonging  to  different 
owners  where  the  same  cannot  be  taken  down,  and  where  there  are  practical 
difficulties  in  the  way  of  carrying  out  the  strict  letter  of  this  Order,  so  that 
the  spirit  of  the  Order  is  complied  with,  the  public  safety  secured,  and  sub- 
stantial justice  done;  but  no  such  deviation  shall  be  allowed  except  a  record 
of  the  same  be  kept  by  the  said  Board  of  Fire  Wardens,  and  a  certificate 
issued  to  the  party  applying  for  the  same. 


[Walls  to  Extend  above  the  Roof— Partition  Walls  carried  up— Mansard  or  French  Roof.] 

Section  26.  All  side  or  party  and  front  and  rear  walls  of  any  building 
fifteen  (15)  feet  high,  or  more,  shall  be  built  up  and  extend  at  least  four  (4) 
feet  above  the  roof;  provided,  that  where  partition  walls  are  carried  up  or 
where  Mansard  or  French  roofs  are  built  over  a  hotel  or  block  of  houses,  the 
partition  and  division  walls  shall  be  carried  at  least  up  four  (4)  feet  above 
the  roof,  and  the  said  roof  shall  be  covered  with  such  material  as  will  afford 
protection  against  fire.  And  where  a  Mansard  or  French  roof,  or  a  roof 
having  thirty  degrees  pitch  or  over,  shall  be  placed  on  any  brick  building, 
within  the  fire  limits,  of  two  stories  or  more  in  hight,  the  same  shall  be  con- 
structed as  follows:  The  rafters  shall  not  be  less  than  four  inches  in  thick- 
ness, and  shall  be  covered  with  some  fire-proof  material  on  the  outside  and 
lathed  with  iron  laths  and  finished  with  three  good  coats  of  the  best  lime- 
mortar  on  the  inside.  If  there  is  a  level  platform  over  the  sloping  sides, 
then  it  shall  be  constructed  in  the  same  manner  as  before  mentioned  for  the 
sloping  portion,  the  sheathing  to  receive  the  fire-proof  material  shall  first  be 
painted  with  two  gocfd  coats  of  the  best  *fire-proof  paint.  The  coverings  of 
all  steeples,  towers  and  turrets  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  of  fire-proof 
material. 


140  GENEEAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Bay  or  Oriel  Windows— Swell  Fronts.] 

Section  27.  No  person  shall  build  a  bay  or  oriel  window  which  shall  pro- 
ject over  the  line  of  any  street  more  than  three  feet,  and  not  more  than  eight 
ieet  in  width  on  the  extreme  lines,  nor  shall  the  bottom  of  such  bay  or  oriel 
window  be  less  than  thirteen  feet  from  the  ground  or  sidewalk.  The  mate- 
rials covering  the  exterior  framework  of  such  bay  or  oriel  windows,  con- 
structed within  the  fire  limits,  shall  be  fire-proof.  Provided,  that  no  bay  or 
oriel  window  shall  be  built  upon  any  street,  lane  or  alley  which  is  less  than 
ihirty-five  feet  in  width.  No  swell  front  shall  be  erected  unless  the  walls 
are  entirely  of  fire-proof  material,  and  no  bay  or  oriel  window  shall  project 
from  any  swell  front.  If  a  bay  window  is  two  stories  or  more  in  hight,  the 
joists  of  each  story  shall  be  supported  on  iron  lintels  and  the  top  of  the  open- 
ing shall  be  covered  with  a  brick  or  stone  arch.  No  bay  window  shall  be 
•erected  on  the  corner  or  angle  of  any  building,  and  where  more  than  one  bay 
window  is  erected  on  any  front  or  side  of  a  building,  the  piers  or  spaces  be- 
tween the  bay  windows  shall  not  be  less  than  six  feet  for  a  two-story  building 
and  not  less  than  eight  feet  in  width  for  a  four-story  building,  and  no  bay 
window  shall  be  erected  to  a  greater  hight  than  four  stories  above  the  line  of 
sidewalk.  The  lintels  over  the  bay  windows  shall  be  the  full  ;width  of  the 
walls,  and  shall  rest  eight  inches  upon  each  pier  or  bearing. 

[Smoke  Pipes  and  Furnaces,  how  Guarded,  etc.— Hot  Air  Registers,  etc.,  how  Set  and  Made.] 

Section  28.  No  tin  or  other  metal  flue  or  flues,  pipe  or  pipes,  or  register 
l)ox  or  boxes  of  a  single  thickness  of  metal  used  or  intended  to  be  used  to 
-convey  heated  air  in  any  building  or  buildings  hereafter  built,  altered  or  re- 
paired in  any  part  of  the  city  and  county  shall  be  allowed,  unless  the  same  is 
inclosed  in  a  wall  of  brick  or  stone;  in  all  other  cases  the  said  flue  or  flues 
pipe  or  pipes,  register  box  or  boxes,  shall  be  made  double,  that  is,  of  two 
pipes,  one  within  the  other,  at  least  one-half  an  inch  apart,  and  the  space 
between  the  pipes  shall  be  filled  in  with  some  fire-proof  material,  and  no 
furring  or  lathing  of  wood  shall  be  placed  against  any  flue,  metal  pipe  or 
pipes  used  to  carry  heated  air,  or  steam,  or  water,  in  any  building,  and  when 
any  wall  shall  be  furred  or  lathed  with  wood  the  space  between  the  lathing 
and  wall  shall  be  filled  with  plaster  at  the  top  and  bottom  side  of  the  floor 
Taeams  of  each  story  and  the  ceiling  joist  of  the  roof,  so  as  to  prevent  the 
passage  of  fire.  No  steam  pipes  shall  be  placed  closer  to  wood  than  three 
inches,  and  if  said  space  is  objectionable  it  shall  be  protected  by  a  soap-stone 
or  earthen  ring  or  tube.  In  all  cases  where  hot  air,  steam,  hot  water  or  other 
furnaces  are  hereafter  placed  in  any  building,  due  notice  shall  first  be  given 
to  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens  by  the  owner  or  owners  of  his,  her  or  their 
agents,  or  by  the  person  or  persons  placing  said  furnace  or  furnaces  in  said 
"building  or  buildings,  or  by  the  contractor  for  said  work.  No  smoke  pipe  in 
;any  building  with  wooden  or  combustible  floors  and  ceihngs  shall  enter  any 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  141 

flue,  unless  the  said  pipe  shall  be  at  least  eighteen  inches  from  either  floors 
or  ceilings,  and  in  all  cases  where  smoke  pipes  pass  through  wooden  parti- 
tions of  any  kind,  whether  the  same  be  plastered  or  not,  they  shall  be  guarded 
by  either  a  double  collar  of  metal  with  at  least  four  inches  air  spac*  and 
holes  for  ventilation,  or  by  a  soap-stone  ring  not  less  than  three  inches  ia 
thickness  and  extending  through  the  partition,  or  by  a  solid  coating  of  plaster 
of  Paris,  three  inches  thick,  or  by  an  earthenware  ring,  three  inches  from 
the  pipe.  In  all  cases  where  hot  water,  steam,  hot  air  or  other  furnaces  are 
used,  the  furnace  smoke  pipe  must  be  kept  at  least  two  feet  below  the  beams 
or  ceilings  above  the  same,  unless  said  beams  or  ceilings  shall  be  properly 
protected  by  a  shield  of  tin  plate  suspended  above  said  smoke  pipe  with  suflfi- 
cient  space  for  the  free  circulation  of  air  above  and  below  said  shield,  and  the 
smoke  pipe  shall,  in  all  cases,  be  kept  at  least  eight  inches  from  the  beams 
or  ceilings  as  aforesaid,  and  the  top  of  all  furnaces  set  in  brick  must  be  cov- 
ered with  brick,  slate  or  tin  plate,  supported  by  iron  bars  and  so  constructed 
as  to  be  perfectly  tight;  said  covering  to  be  in  addition  to,  and  not  less  than, 
six  inches  from  the  ordinary  covering  to  the  hot-air  chamber.  If,  however, 
there  is  not  hight  enough  to  build  the  furnace  top  at  least  four  inches  below 
the  floor  beams  or  ceiling,  then  the  floor  beams  must  be  trimmed  around  the 
furnace,  and  said  covering  and  trimmers,  and  headers,  must  be  at  least  four 
inches  from  tlie  same.  The  top  of  portable  furnace  or  furnaces  not  set  in 
brick  shall  be  kept  at  least  one  foot  below  the  beams  or  ceiling  with  a  shield 
of  tin  plate,  made  tight  and  suspended  below  the  said  beams  or  ceiling,  and 
extend  one  foot  beyond  the  top  of  the  furnace  on  all  sides.  All  hot-air 
registers  hereafter  placed  in  the  floor  of  any  building  shall  be  set  in  soap- 
stone  borders,  not  less  than  two  inches  in  width.  All  soapstone  borders  shall 
be  firmly  set  in  plaster  of  Paris,  or  gauged  mortar;  all  floor  register  boxes 
shall  be  made  of  tin  plate,  with  a  flange  on  the  top,  to  fit  the  groove  in  soap- 
stone,  the  register  to  rest  upon  the  same.  There  shall  also  be  an  open  space 
of  two  inches  on  all  sides  of  the  register  box,  extending  from  the  under  side 
of  the  ceiling,  below  the  register,  to  the  soapstone  in  the  floor,  the  outside  of 
the  said  space  to  be  covered  with  a  casing  of  tin  plate,  made  tight  on  all 
sides,  and  shall  extend  from  the  under  side  of  the  aforesaid  ceiling  up  to  and 
turn  under  the  said  soapstone.  Kegisters,  twelve  by  nineteen  inches,  or  less 
than  fifteen  by  twenty-five  inches,  shall  have  a  space  of  three  inches  between 
register  box  and  casing;  registers  of  fifteen  by  twenty-five  and  more  inches 
shall  have  a  space  of  three  and  a  half  inches. 

[Removal  of  Buildings  in  Fire  Limits.] 

Section  29.  No  building  within  the  fire  limit  blocks  shall  be  removed 
without  the  written  permission  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets  and 
Highways  and  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Fire  Department  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors,  and  such  permission  shall  not  be  given  except  to  re- 
move a  building  or  buildings  to  any  portion  of  the  same  lot  on  which  it  or 


142  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

they  may  stand  to  make  room  for  more  permanent  improvemeuts,  (the  mean- 
ing of  the  words  "  for  more  permanent  improvements"  means  brick  or  stone), 
or  for  the  removal  of  wooden  buildings  from  within  the  fire  limits  to  any 
part  of  the  city  outside  of  said  limits,  in  which  latter  case  the  party  or  par- 
ties making  application  for  such  privilege  shall  give  security  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares  that 
they  will  leave  the  street  or  streets  over  which  said  building  or  buildings  shall 
be  moved  in  as  good  order  as  they  were  before  such  removal,  and  that  they 
will  make  such  removal  continuous,  day  by  day,  until  completed,  with  the 
least  possible  obstruction  to  the  thoroughfares  thus  occupied,  and  that  they 
will  keep  a  watchman  in  or  around  each  building  from  sundown  to  sunrise 
continuously  during  the  time  of  such  removal,  and  the  said  removal  shall  be 
subject  to  the  control  and  direction  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets, 
Highways  and  Squares,  who  may  prescribe  the  mode  and  route  of  said  re- 
moval, and  notice  of  said  removal  shall  be  left  at  the  office  of  said  Superin- 
tendent and  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department;  provided,  that  no 
frame  building  shall  be  moved  from  its  present  location  unless  said  building 
is  worth  at  least  fifty  (50)  per  cent,  of  what  it  would  cost  to  construct  such 
building  of  new  material,  and  that,  in  case  of  dispute  as  to  valuation  between 
the  owner  and  the  Fire  Wardens,  said  dispute  shall  be  determined  by  arbitra- 
tion of  competent  mechanics,  the  owner  to  select  one  arbitrator,  the  Fire 
Wardens  the  other,  and,  in  case  the  arbitrators  cannot  agree  they  shall  call  in 
the  third,  and  their  decision  shall  be  final;  all  expenses  of  the  arbitration  to 
be  paid  by  the  owner. 

[Chimneys,  Construction  of— Flues  in  Brick  Walls.] 

Section  30.  All  buildings  now  erected,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  erected 
or  altered  or  changed  within  the  following  limits,  to  wit:  East  of  Gough  and 
Valencia  streets,  north  of  Twenty- sixth  street,  west  of  Potrero  avenue  and 
north  of  Sixteenth  street,  where  fire  is  to  be  or  may  be  used,  shall  have 
chimneys  of  either  brick  or  stone  attached  to  them.  In  lieu  of  either  brick 
or  stone  all  said  buildings  now  erected  or  hereafter  to  be  erected  or  altered  or 
changed  within  the  limits  herein  designated,  may  have  any  kinds  of  chimneys 
for  which  U.  S.  patents  shall  have  been  issued,  on  filing  with  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  copies  of  the  letters  patent  therefor,  and  of  the  specifications 
thereto,  certified  by  the  United  States  Commissioner  of  Patents,  and  pro- 
curing the  consent  in  writing  of  the  Mayor,  and  the  consent  of  the  Board  of 
Fire  Wardens;  provided,  that  no  patent  chimney  shall  be  placed  or  attached 
to  any  building,  unless  the  name  of  the  patentee  and  the  date  of  the  letters 
patent  shall  be  stamped  on  each  chimney,  so  that  the  same  can  be  readily 
seen.  The  owner  or  owners,  or  the  person  or  persons  having  control  of  any 
building  or  buildings,  now  erected  within  the  above  described  limits,  which 
have  stovepipes  projecting  through  the  roof,  or  out  of  the  side,  and  wherein 
fire  is  used,  are  hereby  required  to  build  flues  or  chimneys  of  brick  or  stone 


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in  said  building  or  buildings.  All  stovepipes  now  in  use  projecting  through 
the  roof  or  out  of  the  side  of  any  building  shall  be  removed  by  the  owner 
or  owners,  or  the  person  or  persons  having  control  thereof;  provided,  that 
whenever  chimneys  of  either  brick  or  stone  are  used  or  attached  to  build- 
ings, the  same  shall  commence  on  the  ground  and  be  carried  up  at  least 
four  feet  above  the  extreme  hight  of  the  building  to  which  they  are  attached; 
and  should  such  chimney  be  deemed  unsafe  to  the  building  or  build- 
ings adjoining  by  any  of  the  Fire  Wardens,  they  shall  be  carried  up  at  least 
four  feet  above  the  extreme  hight  of  said  building  or  buildings  adjoining.  All 
chimneys  in  frame  buildings  shall  be  built  so  as  not  to  increase  in  size  from 
the  foundation.  When  flues  are  built  in  brick  walls,  the  same  shall  be  carried 
Tip  at  least  two  feet  above  the  top  of  the  fire  wall,  and  subject  to  the  same 
rule  as  the  chimneys,  and  no  flue  or  chimney  shall  have  any  joist  or  timber 
resting  on  or  entering  in  the  same,  further  than  will  leave  at  least  six  inches 
between  the  end  thereof  and  the  inside  of  the  chimney  or  flue.  All  patent 
<5himneys  standing  on  the  floor  of  a  building  must  be  set  on  an  iron  plate  % 
of  an  inch  thick,  well  secured  to  the  floor.  There  must  be  an  opening  near 
the  bottom  of  the  chimney  for  the  purpose  of  cleaning  the  same,  with  a  cover 
to  fit  the  opening,  the  cover  to  be  smoke  tight,  all  the  joints  to  be  cemented, 
and  when  bands  are  used,  they  must  be  filled  with  cement  or  Plaster  of  Paris, 
so  as  to  make' them  smoke  and  spark  tight.  When  galvanized  iron  is  used  for 
bands  or  for  the  outside  of  the  chimney,  it  shall  be  of  the  best  of  No.  24  iron, 
and  the  same  riveted  together,  the  rivets  to  be  not  more  than  three  inches 
apart;  all  seams  and  joints  to  be  made  smoke  tight.  When  fire  places  are 
built  in  the  floor,  they  must  be  set  on  an  iron  plate,  or  suspended  by  wrought 
iron  stirrups  and  crossbars  or  iron  plates  of  sufficient  strength  to  sustain  the 
fire-place  and  chimney. 

No  patent  chimney  shall  be  less  than  one  and  one-half  inches  from  the  wood 
work;  the  opening  in  the  roof  shall  be  covered  with  a  cast  iron  plate  or  of 
some  other  fire-proof  material.  No  patent  chimney  on  the  inside  or  the  out- 
side of  a  building  shall  be  fastened  to  the  laths  or  the  siding  of  the  building, 
"but  shall  be  securely  fastened  to  the  studding  or  cross  pieces  with  good  iron 
straps  or  rods,  and  in  no  case  shall  such  patent  chimney  be  suspended  to  any 
roof  timber  or  floor  beam,  but  shall  be  built  from  the  floor  up  and  be  put  up 
solidly  and  of  good  sound  material,  in  a  workmanlike  manner.  Every  chim- 
ney or  flue  shall  be  pargeted  on  the  inside  with  good  parging  mortar,  or  the 
joints  shall  be  struck  smooth  on  the  inside  and  outside. 

No  person  shall  kindle  or  maintain  any  fire  of  charcoal,  wood  or  other  com- 
bustible material,  in  or  upon  any  open  tin,  metal  can,  or  any  earthenware 
vessel  whatsoever  in  any  room,  entry  or  passage  or  in  any  other  part  of  any 
house  in  this  city  and  county;  or  in  any  furnace  or  stove  of  any  kind  unless 
the  same  be  connected  by  means  of  a  good  sheet  iron  flue  or  pipe,  with  a 
brick  or  earthen  pipe  chimney,  to  conduct  the  smoke  and  fire  into  said  brick 
or  earthen  pipe  chimney. 


144  GENEEAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

Provided,  however,  that  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  not  be  deemed 
to  apply  to  portable  stoves,  furnaces  or  lamps  used  by  artisans  in  the  prose- 
cution of  their  regular  and  lawful  business,  or  to  properly-constructed  kero- 
sine,  gasoline  or  gas  stoves  used  for  cooking  purposes  or  for  the  heating  of 
chambers. 

[Size  of  Chimneys  and  Flues,  Woodwork,  how  placed  near  Flues.] 

Section  31.  No  smoke  flues  of  brick  shall  be  less  than  eight  by  eight 
inches  in  the  clear;  for  a  two- story  building  with  two  inlets  the  flues  shall  be 
eight  by  twelve  inches  in  the  clear;  and  for  a  three-story  building  the  flues 
shall  be  eight  by  sixteen  inches  in  the  clear;  for  a  bakery  the  oven  flues  shall 
'  be  not  less  than  twelve  by  twelve  inches  in  the  clear;  and  for  factories  the 
flues  shall  be  in  proper  proportion  to  the  fire  or  grate  surface.  All  furnaces 
and  bake  oven  flues  shall  have  the  sides,  back  and  front  of  brickwork  not  less 
than  eight  iuches  in  thickness,  or  such  flues  may  be  built  of  fire  clay  or 
iron  pipe  set  in  fire  clay  mortar;  provided,  said  pipe  shall  have  not  less  than 
one  inch  of  An  air  space  and  four  inches  of  brickwork  around  it.  All  boiler 
flues  shall  be  lined  with  four  inches  of  fire  brick  laid  in  fire  clay  to  the  hight 
of  fifteen  feet  or  to  the  top  of  the  second  story  joist  floor  beams;  and  no  flue 
shall  be  used  as  a  furnace  or  boiler  flue  unless  the  same  conform  to  the 
requirements  of  this  Section,  unless  the  same  is  used  as  such  before  the  pas- 
sage of  this  Order,  and  all  such  flues,  if  out  of  order  or  dangerous  shall  be 
made  safe  in  the  manner  herein  specified.  In  no  building,  whether  the  same 
be  a  frame  building  or  otherwise,  shall  any  woodwork  be  placed  on  or  in  a 
wall  within  eight  inches  of  any  flue,  whether  the  same  be  a  smoke,  air  or  other 
flue,  nor  shall  any  timber  be  placed  under  any  fireplace  or  hearthstone,  nor 
shall  any  wainscoting,  base,  furring,  heading  or  any  other  woodwork  be 
placed  against  any  smoke  flue  unless  there  is  at  least  eight  inches  of  solid 
brickwork  between  it  and  the  flue. 

[Stovepipes  and  Chiijineys — Duty  of  Fire  Wardens.] 

Section  32.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire 
Department,  the  Assistant  Chief  Engineer,"  the  Assistant  Engineers,  the  Clerk 
of  the  Fire  Department  and  the  Fire  IMarshal,  in  their  official  capacities  as 
Fire  Wardens,  to  cause  every  stovepipe  and  chimney  to  be  carried  up  at  least 
four  feet  above  the  extreme  hight  of  the  building  to  which  such  pipe  or 
chimney  is  attached;  and  should  they  deem  them  unsafe  to  the  building  or 
buildings  adjoining,  they  shall  order  the  same  to  be  carried  four  feet  above 
the  extreme  top  of  said  building,  or  adjoining  buildings;  and  if,  in  the  opinion 
of  a  majority  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens,  a  sheet  iron  pipe  is  not  sufficient 
for  the  safety  of  the  building  or  buildings,  they  shall  inform  the  owner  or 
owners,  or  the  person  having  control  thereof,  and  order  a  brick  or  earthen 
chimney,  as  provided  in  Section  30  of  this  Order,  which  order  shall  be  com- 


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plied  with  within  ten  days,  or  such  less  number  of  days  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  such  Board  of  Fire  Wardens;  provided,  that  hotels  and  restaurants  shall 
in  all  cases  provide  brick  chimneys  to  be  used  instead  of  stovepipes. 

[Stovepipes.— Construction  of.] 

Section  33.  All  stovepipes  now  in  use,  or  that  may  be  placed  in  use  within 
the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  shall  be  constructed  as  follows :  The 
openings  where  the  pipe  goes  through  the  roof  or  side  of  a  building  shall,  in 
all  cases,  be  at  least  four  inches  in  diameter  larger  than  the  size  of  the  pipe, 
and  have  a  double  tin  or  earthen  receiving  pipe  or  register,  and  tin,  or  sheet- 
iron,  on  the  in  and  outside  of  such  openings;  no  stovepipe  shall  be  placed 
nearer  than  six  inches  to  the  side  of  the  building  to  which  it  is  attached,  or 
to  the  adjoining  building;  and  all  owners  or  occupants  of  all  buildings  in 
which  there  is  a  stovepipe,  within  said  city  and  county,  shall,  when  notified  by 
any  of  the  Fire  Wardens,  comply  with  the  above  provisions,  and  also  replace 
a  bad  or  defective  stovepipe  with  a  new  one  when  so  ordered. 

[Permission  to  erect  Tent,  or  Steam  Engine  or  Boilers.] 

Section  34.  No  cloth  -covered  or  tent  building  or  cloth-lined  building  shall 
be  constructed  or  maintained  east  of  Gough  and  Valencia  streets  and  north 
of  Twenty-sixth  street  projected  to  the  bay,  without  permission  of  the  Board 
of  Supervisors,  and  after  a  copy  of  such  permit  Las  been  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Chief  Engineer  and  of  the  Fire  Marshal,  and  for  a  time  limited 
in  such  permit;  and  no  person  or  persons  shall  erect  or  cause  to  be  erected, 
or  use  within  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  any  steam  engine  and 
boiler,  without  permission  from  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  no  such  per- 
mit shall  be  granted  unless  the  person  applying  for  the  same  shall  file  with 
the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  a  certificate  signed  by  the  manufacturer 
or  by  a  competent  engineer,  who  shall  also  be  a  competent  boiler  inspector,  of 
the  soundness  of  the  same  at  the  date  of  the  application  for  said  permit.  And 
the  person  or  persons  to  whom  such  permit  may  be  granted  shall  employ  a  com- 
petent person  to  attend  to  such  engine  and  boiler,  who  shall  have  a  certificate 
of  his  competency  signed  by  said  engineer;  such  certificate  shall  be  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  Chief  Engineer.  All  engines  and  boilers  shall  remain  during 
the  pleasure  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  must  be  constructed,  erected 
and  maintained  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment and  the  Fire  Wardens. 

No  furnace  shall  be  constructed  for  the  purpose  of  operating  any  engine  or 
boiler,  or  in  connection  with  any  manufacturing  industry  within  this  city  and 
county,  unless  the  same  shall  be  built  so  as  to  consume  the  smoke  generated 
therefrom,  and  eflfectually  prevent  the  same  from  becoming  a  nuisance  to  the 
surrounding  neighborhood.    And  all  furnaces  heretofore  constructed  within 

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146  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

this  city  and  county  which  are  not  so  built,  shall,  within  a  period  of  thirty 
days  from  the  passage  of  this  Order,  be  so  altered  and  arranged  as  to  insure 
the  consuming  of  all  smoke  arising  therefrom;  otherwise  the  permission 
granted  by  this  Board  for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  same  will 
become  null  and  void.  And  any  person  maintaining  or  operating  such  fur- 
nace or  furnaces,  after  said  period  of  thirty  days  from  and  after  the  passage 
of  this  Order,  unless  the  smoke  arising  therefrom  shall  be  consumed,  shall,  in 
addition  to  the  forfeiture  of  their  privilege  to  maintain  the  same,  be  deemed 
guilty  of  misdemeanor,  and  shall  on  conviction  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to 
exceed  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  one  month,  or 
by  both  such  tine  and  imprisonment. 

[Hoistways,  Elevator  Wells  and  Light  Shafts.] 

Section  35.  Every  person  occupying  or  using  a  building  in  which  there 
is  a  hoistway  through  the  floor  shall  keep  such  hoistway  when  not  in 
actual  use  surrounded  by  a  substantial  railing  at  least  three  feet  six  inches 
high,  with  at  least  two  rails  in  hight,  and  at  night  the  openings  at  each  floor 
shall  be  securely  closed  with  substantial  trap  doors  of  not  less  than  one  and 
a  half  inch  pine,  properly  fastened  and  hung.  All  elevator  wells  and  light 
shafts  shall  be  enclosed  with  substantial  framing  and  shall  be  finished  with 
three  good  coats  of  plaster  on  each  side,  the  lathing  to  be  done  with  iron 
laths  properly  secured.  All  light  shafts  shall  have  a  wire  netting  placed 
securely  on  an  iron  frame  under  the  skylight,  to  be  of  sufficient  strength  to 
bear  a  weight  of  not  less  than  four  hundred  pounds,  or  in  lieu  of  trap  doors 
such  hoistway  or  elevator  well  holes  may  be  enclosed  from  the  basement  to 
the  under  side  of  the  roof  boarding  with  a  fine  wire  netting  of  sufficient  fine- 
ness to  prevent  the  passage  of  flame,  and  the  roof  immediately  above  such 
holes  to  be  covered  with  glass  not  less  than  twenty-six  ounces  to  the  foot,  said 
glass  to  be  covered  with  a  strong  wire  netting  to  carry  the  weight  of  400 
pounds. 

[Scnttles  and  Skylights  in  Roofs.] 

Section  36.  AH  store  buildings  over  one  story  in  hight  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  whether  already  erected  or  hereafter  to  be  built, 
shall  have  scuttle  frames  and  covers,  or  bulkheads  and  doors  made  of  or 
covered  with  some  fire-proof  material;  and  all  scuttles  shall  have  ladders  lead- 
ing to  the  same;  and  all  such  scuttles  or  bulkheads  shall  be  kept  so  as  to  bo 
ready  for  use  at  all  times;  and  all  scuttles  shall  not  be  less  in  size  than  two 
(2)  feet  by  three  (3)  feet;  and  if  a  bulkhead  is  used  or  substituted  in  any 
building  in  place  of  a  scuttle,  it  shall  have  stairs  with  a  sufficient  guard  or 
hand-rail  leading  to  the  roof.  The  door  in  the  bulkhead,  or  any  scuttle,  shall 
at  no  time  be  locked,  but  may  be  fastened  on  the  inside  by  moveable  bolts  or 
hooks.  All  skylights  on  the  roof  of  buildings  shall  have  a  wire  netting 
securely  placed  over  them,  of  sufficient  strength  to  bear  the  weight  of  a  man. 


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[Ashes.] 

Section  37.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  deposit  any 
«8hes,  or  cause  the  same  to  be  deposited  or  placed,  or  to  permit,  or  suffer  the 
same  to  be  or  remain  in  any  wooden  vessel  or  upon  the  floor  of  any  building, 
or  in  any  place  or  premises  belonging  to  or  occupied  by  him,  or  her,  or  others 
or  in  any  metallic  vessel  within  two  (2)  inches  of  any  woodwork  or  structure. 

[Removal  of  Dangerous  Walls,  Buildings,  Chimneys,  etc.] 

Section  38.  Whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens  any 
building,  wall,  chimney  or  smokestack,  or  other  appurtenance  to  a  building, 
shall,  from  any  cause  whatever,  be  in  a  situation  to  be  dangerous  to  persona 
or  property;  or  when  any  wooden  building  within  the  fire  limits  shall  in  the 
judgment  of  the  said  Board  be  damaged  by  fire  to  the  extent  of  one-half  or 
more  of  its  actual  value,  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens  shall  immediately  give 
notice  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  building,  wall,  chimney  or  smokestack, 
or  to  his,  her  or  their  agent,  or  the  person  having  the  control  thereof  if  th« 
owner  cannot  be  found,  to  remove  the  same  forthwith;  and  the  person  receiv- 
ing such  notice  shall,  within  forty-eight  hours  after  receiving  the  same,  com- 
ply with  the  requirement  thereof.  In  the  event  of  a  dispute  as  to  the 
amount  of  damage  caused  by  fire  between  the  owner  and  the  Board  of  Fire 
Wardens,  said  dispute  shall  be  determined  by  arbitration  of  competent 
mechanics,  the  owner  to  select  one  arbitrator,  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens  the 
other;  and  in  case  that  the  arbitrators  so  chosen  cannot  agree,  they  shall 
select  a  third,  and  the  decision  of  a  majority  shall  be  final  and  conclusive — 
all  expenses  of  the  arbitration  to  be  paid  by  the  owner. 

[To  Secure  Building.] 

Suction  39.  Whenever  any  unoccupied  building  or  buildings  are  not 
properly  secured  the  Fire  Wardens,  or  any  of  them,  shall  immediately  visit 
the  premises  and  notify  the  owner  or  owners,  agent  or  agents,  or  the  person 
having  control  of  the  same,  of  the  condition  of  such  unoccupied  building  or 
buildings,  and  to  have  it  or  them,  within  twenty-four  hours,  properly  secured 
so  as  to  prevent  evil  disposed  persons  from  gaining  access  thereto. 

[Permit  to  Alter,  Change  or  Repair  Wooden  Buildings.] 

Section  40.  No  wooden  building  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  altered, 
changed  or  repaired  without  permission  in  writing  signed  by  a  majority  of  the 
Fire  Wardens,  approved  by  a  majority  of  the  Committee  on  Fire  Department 
and  the  Mayor,  which  permit  shall  fully  express  the  alterations,  changes  or 
repairs  allowed,  a  copy  of  which  shall  be  filed  by  the  grantee,  within  two 
days,  in  the  oflBce  of  the  Chief  Engineer  and  of  the  Fire  l^arshal;  but  no 
permit  shall  be  given  to  increase  the  size  of  said  building,  except  as  provided 
for  in  this  Order. 


148  GENEBAL  OKDEKS  OF  THE 

[Wooden  Buildings  to  be  Enlarged  or  Built  upon.] 

Section  41.  No  wooden  building  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  enlarged 
or  built  upon  without  a  permit  from  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  approved  by 
the  Mayor;  and  no  such  permit  shall  be  granted  unless  the  applicant  shall 
file  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  when  the  application  is  made, 
the  plans  and  specifications  of  the  improvements  contemplated;  such  plans 
and  specifications  to  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens,  and  a  majority 
of  them  shall  examine  the  premises  and  report  their  opinion  thereon  in 
writing  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors.  A  copy  of  all  such  permits  given  shall 
be  filed  by  the  applicant  within  two  (2)  days,  in  the  office  of  the  Chief 
Engineer  and  of  the  Fire  Marshal. 

[To  Raise  or  Lower  Frame  Buildings  to  Grade.] 

Section  42.  A  frame  building  may  be  raised  or  lowered  to  the  official 
grade  of  the  street  by  permission  in  writing  signed  by  a  majority  of  the 
Fire  Wardens,  approved  by  a  majority  of  the  Committee  on  Fire  Department 
and  the  Mayor;  provided,  that  in  case  said  building  is  to  be  raised,  a  brick 
basement  or  foundation  of  not  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches,  shall  be  built 
under  it  up  to  the  line  of  the  curb  level. 

[Awnings,  Balcony  and  Signs.] 

Section  43.  No  person  owning  or  occupying  any  building  fronting  on  any 
street,  lane,  alley  or  place,  shall  construct  or  cause  to  be  constructed  or 
maintained,  any  awning,  shade  or  balcony,  except  in  accordance  with  the 
following  provisions:  Such  awning,  shade  or  balcony  should  be  securely 
supported  on  wrought-iron  brackets  built  into  the  walls,  and  shall  be  sup- 
ported without  posts,  and  shall  be  not  less  than  eleven  feet  above  the  line  of 
the  curb  levels  of  the  sidewalk,  and  shall  have  a  gutter  formed  to  carry 
off  the  water  to  the  line  of  the  building,  and  from  thence  to  the  street 
gutter;  provided,  that  no  gutters  will  be  required  to  be  constructed  on  cloth  or 
canvas  awnings  or  shades;  also,  provided,  that  the  hight  of  all  moveable 
canvas  or  cloth  awnings  or  shades  hereafter  constructed  shall  not  be  less 
than  seven-and-a-half  feet  above  the  line  of  the  curb  level  of  the  sidewalk. 
No  awning,  shade  or  balcony  shall  extend  beyond  the  line  of  the  curb.  No_ 
awning,  shade  or  balcony  shall  be  enclosed  to  a  greater  hight  than  thr« 
feet  six  inches;  provided,  that  no  awning,  shade  or  balcony  shall  be  erectec 
on  any  building  facing  on  any  street,  lane,  alley  or  place  which  is  twent] 
feet  or  less  in  width;  and  no  awning,  shade  or  balcony  shall  be  construct! 
on  the  sides  or  rear  of  any  building  within  the  fire  limits,  unless  there  is 
clear  space  of  not  less  than  thirty  feet  between  the  adjacent  buildings,  an( 
then  they  shall  be  constructed  of  fire-proof  materials.  No  signs  shall  be 
placed  on  the  front,  rear  or  sides  of  any  building  higher  than  its  blocki  ng 


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course  or  fire  wall,  and  no  sign  made  of  wood,  canvas  or  cloth  shall  exceed 
three  feet  in  height.  All  signs  must  be  securely  bolted  to  the  building 
upon  which  they  are  placed.  No  framework  shall  be  placed  above  the  roof 
of  any  building  and  covered  with  inflammable  material,  for  signs  or  any  other 
purpose. 

[Erection  and  Eepairs  to  Frame  Buildings.] 

Section  44.  All  frame  buildings  hereafter  built,  altered,  repaired  or 
changed,  shall  have  not  less  than  two  rows  of  bridging  in  each  story,  extend- 
ing around  the  outside  frame,  and  through  all  the  dividing  partitions  between 
two  or  more  buildings,  and  when  a  large  building  is  divided  into  tenements 
the  bridging  shall  be  placed  in  the  dividing  partitions  the  same  as  in  the  out- 
side frame.  Said  bridging  shall  be  in  all  cases  the  same  breadth  as  the  stud- 
ding— flush  on  both  sides.  And  all  the  intermediate  partitions  shall  have  one 
row  of  bridging  of  the  full  width  of  the  studs.  And  if  girths  are  used  there 
shall  be  a  row  of  solid  bridging  at  the  ceiling  line,  and  when  studding  is 
cross-furred,  the  bridging  shall  be  of  suflS.cient  width  to  finish  flush  with  the 
face  of  said  furring  so  as  to  prevent  the  passage  of  fire  or  smoke.  All  divid- 
ing partitions  between  buildings  shall  be  close-boarded  from  the  lower  floors 
to  the  ground,  and  from  the  upper  ceilings  close  to  the  under  side  of  the  roof 
boarding.  Said  boarding  is  to  be  done  with  redwood,  so  as  to  effectually 
check  all  connection  from  one  building  to  another.  Where  a  large  building 
is  divided  into  tenements,  the  boarding  shall  be  applied  on  each  dividing 
partition,  the  distance  apart  of  each  dividing  partition  is  not  to  exceed 
twenty-five  feet. 

[Time  for  Commencing  and  Completing  Work  on  Buildings.] 

Section  45.  In  granting  permits  to  erect,  enlarge,  build  upon,  alter  or 
change  a  frame  building  within  the  fire  limits,  the  permit  shall  be  void  if  the 
work  is  not  commenced  within  ten  days  after  said  permit  becomes  a  law,  and 
be  finished  within  ninety  days,  and  no  such  permit  shall  be  transferable  to  a 
second  party.    All  such  permits  to  have  the  time  specified  in  them. 

[Openings  in  Street  Doors.] 

Section  46.  The  front  or  main  door  of  all  buildings  used  as  warehouses, 
stores,  etc.,  also  side  and  rear  doors  if  opening  on  any  stree^,  lane  or  alley, 
shall  have  openings  in  them  not  less  than  one  by  six  inches  at  a  height  of  five 
feet  from  the  level  of  the  sidewalk,  or,  in  place  thereof,  four  circular  holes, 
one  inch  in  diameter,  and  not  further  apart  than  one-half  inch  from  edges; 
provided,  that  in  buildings  so  occupied  that  have  a  frontage  of  over  fifty  feet, 
such  openings  shall  be  placed  in  every  door  not  further  apart  than  twenty- 
five  feet.     (As  amended  April  15,  1884,  by  Order  1,768. ) 


150  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Tank  Towers.l 

Section  47.  The  framework  to  support  water  tanks  shall  in  all  cases  have 
foundations  of  brickwork  constructed  in  the  same  manner  as  for  a  building 
of  brick  of  the  same  hight.  Each  tier  of  braces  is  to  be  considered  as  the 
bight  of  a  story,  and  the  weight  to  be  placed  on  the  framework  is  not  to 
exceed  one-tenth  of  its  breaking  weight,  calculated  as  before  provided  in 
Section  3.  The  sides  of  said  framework  shall  be  set  up  at  an  angle  of  86 
degrees,  and  shall  have  cross-ties  at  every  fifteen  feet  in  hight,  and  the  inter- 
mediate spaces  to  be  cross-braced  and  bolted.  "When  tank  towers  are  not 
isolated  from  the  adjoining  buildings  by  at  least  twenty  feet  of  clear  space, 
they  shall  be  covered  with  some  fire-proof  material,  to  the  hight  of  the 
adjoining  building  or  buildings.  And  when  the  towers  are  enclosed  with 
weather-boarding,  they  shall  be  lathed  inside  with  iron  laths,  and  covered 
with  two  good  coats  of  plaster.  No  tank  tower  or  frame  shall  be  erected  on 
any  brick  building  exceeding  one  story  in  hight,  unless  the  walls  are  at  least 
twenty  four  inches  in  thickness,  and  the  walls  for  a  one-story  building  shall 
be  at  least  sixteen  inches  in  thickness,  and  they  shall  be  tied  through  with 
iron  rods  of  one-inch  round  iron  with  twelve-inch  square  heads,  and  where 
tanks  are  set  down  on  angles  of  brick  buildings,  they  shall  be  set  on  wrought 
iron  beams,  built  into  the  walls,  and  shall  not  exceed  one  thousand  gallons 
in  capacity,  and  six  feet  in  hight. 

[Doorways  for  Public  Buildings.] 

Section  48.  All  buildings  now  erected  or  to  be  erected  and  used  for  public 
assemblages,  in  whole  or  in  part,  shall,  for  the  public  safety,  have  the  doors 
for  the  ingress  and  egress  of  the  public  to  the  portions  so  used  for  said 
assemblages  so  constructed  that  they  shall  open  both  inwardly  and  outwardly, 
and  in  no  case  shall  they  be  constructed  to  open  inwardly  only,  or  to  slide; 
and  all  buildings  altered  or  changed  for  the  use  of  public  assemblages,  in 
respect  to  the  doors  therein,  shall  be  made  to  conform  to  the  provisions  of 
this  Section.     (As  amended  March  3,  1884,  by  Order  No.  1,760.) 

[Aisles  and  Passage-ways.] 

Section  49.  All  the  main  aisles  and  passage-ways  in  buildings  used  for 
public  assemblages,  shall  be  kept  free  from  camp-stools,  chairs,  benches,* 
sofas,  or  other  obstructions,  during  any  performance,  service,  exhibition, 
lecture,  concert,  ball,  or  any  public  assemblage  whatever;  and  all  buildings 
hereafter  erected,  altered  or  changed,  and  intended  for  the  above  purposes, 
shall  have  the  main  aisle  and  passage-way  as  provided  in  Saction  11;  provided, 
that  all  main  doors  and  entrances  to  such  buildings  shall  not  be  less  than  as 
provided  for  in  Section  11. 


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[Stove-pipe  Holes.! 

Section  50.  In  all  buildings  where  there  is  a  brick  chimney  or  flue  into 
which  stove-pipes  enter,  there  shall  be  either  a  double  collar  of  metal  with 
at  least  four  inches  of  air  space,  and  holes  for  ventilation,  or  an  earthen 
receiving  pipe  extending  from  the  inner  side  of  the  chimney  or  flue  and 
coming  out  flush  with  the  outer  side  of  the  plastering. 

[Spark  Catchers.] 

Section  51.  Spark  catchers  shall  be  placed  upon  all  chimneys,  cupolas, 
or  smoke-stacks,  used  for  conveying  off"  smoke,  whenever  deemed  necessary 
for  the  safety  of  the  adjoining  property  by  a  majority  of  the  Board  of  Fire 
Wardens. 

[Houses  of  Legislation.] 

Section  52.  Wheuever  in  this  Order  the  words  "Board  of  Supervisors," 
"Committee,"  or  "Committees,"  are  used,  they  shall  be  deemed  to  have 
reference  to  any  board  or  boards,  committee  or  committees  of  supervisors, 
or  houses  of  legislation,  that  may  constitute  the  municipal  legislature  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  which  are  now,  or  may  hereafter  be,  pro- 
vided for  by  any  charter  of  said  city  and  county. 

[Permission  to  Kindle  Fire  on   Streets— Fire  Used  in  Laying  Roofs  or  Pavements,  and 
Engines  on  Wharves,  etc.] 

Section  53.  No  person  shall  kindle,  or  use,  or  cause  to  be  kindled  or 
used,  any  fire  upon  a  public  street,  or  highway,  or  anywhere  in  the  open 
air,  in  that  portion  of  the  city  and  county  lying  east  of  Larkin  street  and  north- 
east of  Ninth  street, without  first  having  obtained  a  written  permit  so  to  do, 
signed  by  the  Mayor,  and  approved  by  a  majority  of  the  Committee  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  on  Fire  Department.  But  this  section  shall  not  include 
fire  in  furnaces  necessarily  used  in  laying  roofs  or  pavements,  nor  the 
fire  used  in  the  furnace  of  engines  necessarily  used  upon  the  wharves  in  the 
discharging  of  vessels,  nor  to  fire  in  the  open  air  upon  private  property, 
necessarily  used  in  setting  tires  upon  the  wheels  of  vehicles,  or  in  heating 
tar  or  pitch  in  the  construction  or  repair  of  boats  or  vessels. 

[Permit  to  Kindle  Fires.] 

Section  54.  No  person  shall  so  kindle  or  light  or  cause  to  be  kindled  or 
lighted,  any  bonfires,  without  first  having  obtained  a  written  permit  from  the 
]Mayor  approved  by  a  majority  of  the  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
on  Fire  Department. 


152  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Portable  Lights.— Protection  of  Combustible  Material.] 

Section  55.  No  person  shall  use  any  portable  light  in  any  building  or 
pi- ce  where  combustible  materials  are  kept,  unless  such  light  be  securely 
enclosed  in  a  lantern;  and  no  person  shall  use  a  light  in  anyplace  where  com- 
bustible materials  shall  be  suspended  above  it,  without  so  protecting  it  as  to 
prevent  such  materials  from  falling  upon  or  coming  in  contact  with  it. 

[Gaslight  in  Show  Windows.] 

Section  56.  All  gaslights  or  burners  in  show  windows  shall  have  a  wire 
netting  or  screen  over  and  around  them;  but  this  shall  not  apply  to  stationary 
gas  reflectors  in  the  upper  portion  of  windows. 

[Shavings,  Hay,  Straw,  or  Litter.] 

Section  57.  Each  person  making,  using  or  having  the  charge  or  control  of 
shavings,  hay,  straw,  sacks,  bags,  litter,  or  any  other  combustible  waste  or 
fragments,  shall,  at  the  close  of  each  day,  cause  the  same  to  be  securely 
stored,  or  disposed  of,  so  as  to  be  safe  from  fire. 

[Prohibiting  the  Manufacturing  of  Matches.] 

Section  58.  No  person  shall  manufacture  matches,  erect  or  cause  to  be 
erected  any  apparatus,  machinery,  or  building  for  the  manufacture  of 
matches  within  that  portion  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  lying 
east  of  Ninth  and  LarMn  streets. 

[Smoke  Houses.] 

Section  59.    All  smoke  houses  or  dry  houses  shall  be  built  of  brick  or 
.stone,  and  the  doors  and  roof  of  the  same  shall  be  constructed  of  some  non- 
combustible  material. 


[Manufacture  of  Explosive  or  Combustible  Chemicals  Prohibited  within  Certain  Limits.] 

Section  60.  No  person  shall  manufacture  acids,  or  any  combustible  or 
explosive  chemicals,  or  boil  or  refine  oils,  or  maintain,  erect  or  cause  to  be 
erected,  any  works  for  the  manufacture  of  acids,  or  explosive  chemicals,  or 
for  boiling  or  refining  oils,  within  that  portion  of  the  city  and  county  bounded 
by  Steiner,  Market,  Castro  and  Twenty-sixth  streets,  San  Bruno  Eoad,  Bran- 
nan  street,  Sixth  street,  Channel  street,  and  the  waters  of  the  bay;  and  no 
person  shall  receive,  keep  or  store,  or  suffer  to  remain  in  any  place  within 
five  hundred  yards  of  any  dwelling  house,  or  place  of  business,  or  within 
two  hundred  yards  of  any  public  highway,  any  explosive  substance,  or  any 
hercules,  dynamite  or  giant  powder  having  an  explosive  power  greater  than 
that  of  any  ordinary  gunpowder. 


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[Storage  of  Crude  Petroleum.] 

Section  61.  It  shall  be  unlawful  without  the  permission  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors,  for  any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  to  store,  permit 
the  storage  of,  or  keep  for  sale  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  in  a  larger  quantity  than  one  hundred  gallons,  to  be 
always  kept  in  metal  cans  in  any  one  building,  or  premises  or  upon  any  street, 
any  crude  petroleum,  unless  the  same  be  stored  in  a  building  or  warehouse; 
said  building  or  warehouse  must  be  of  brick  or  stone,  not  exceeding  one  story 
in  hight,  licensed  for,  used  for  and  devoted  exclusively  to  the  storage  of  crude 
petroleum  and  its  products,  excepting  such  products  from  petroleum,  the 
storage  of  which  shall  be  hereafter  provided  for  in  Section  62. 

[Storage  of  Gasoline,  etc.] 

Section  62.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  cor- 
poration, to  store  or  permit  the  storage  of  or  keep  for  sale  within  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  in  a  larger  quantity  than  one  hundred  gallons, 
to  be  always  kept  in  metal  cans,  in  any  one  building  or  upon  any  premises  or 
street,  any  gasoline,  or  any  product  of  petroleum  or  hydrocarbon  liquid, 
"which  shall  flash  or  emit  an  inflammable  vapor  at  a  temperature  below  110  de- 
grees Fahrenheit,  unless  the  same  be  kept  in  iron  tanks  and  stored  in  a  build- 
ing or  warehouse.  Said  building  or  warehouse  must  be  of  brick  or  stone  and 
not  exceeding  one  story  in  hight,  especially  licensed  for,  used  for,  and 
devoted  only  to  the  storage  of  gasoline  and  other  products  of  petroleum  or 
hydrocarbon  liquids  as  described  above,  and  have  prominently  painted 
-externally  on  the  front  thereof  in  plain  Ecman  letters  at  least  five  inches  in 
length  the  words  "  Licensed  for  the  storage  of  Gasoline,"  etc. 

[Storage  of  the  Refined  Products  of  Petroleum.] 

^  Section  63.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corpor- 
ation, to  store,  permit  the  storage  of,  or  keep  for  sale  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  in  a  larger  quantity  than  one 
thousand  (1000)  gallons,  to  be  always  kept  in  metal  cans,  any  refined  product 
o{  petroleum,  unless  the  same  shall  stand  a  fire  test  of  110  degrees  Fahren- 
heit, or  better,  before  it  shall  flash  or  emit  an  inflammable  vapor.  In  quantities 
exceeding  one  thousand  (1000)  gallons  the  same  shall  be  stored  in  a  building 
or  warehouse ;  said  building  or  warehouse  must  be  of  brick  or  stone  and  not 
to  exceed  one  story  in  hight,  or  iron  tanks  licensed  for,  used  for,  and  devoted 
exclusively  to  the  storage  of  such  substances. 

[Buildings  for  the  Storage  of  Petroleum,  Gasoline,  etc.,  to  be  Licensed.] 

Sec'iion  64.    No  building  or  warehouse  shall  be  licensed  for  the  purpose 
stated  in  this  Order,  except  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of 


154  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

the  Fire  Department,  the  Fire  Marshal,  and  a  majority  of  the  Fire  Depait- 
ment  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  as  being  suitable  therefor, 
in  which  case  the  License  Collector  shall  exact  for  such  license  the  sum  of 
one  dollar  per  month,  payable  quarterly  in  advance;  provided,  that  no  such 
building  or  warehouse  shall  be  used  for  the  storage  of  petroleum  or  its 
products  other  than  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  Sections  61,  62  and  63. 

[Adulteration  of  Oils  Prohibited.] 

Section  65.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  cor- 
poration, to  mix,  adulterate,  or  offer  for  sale  any  oils  used  for  illuminating 
purposes,  with  benzine,  naptha,  gasoline  or  any  other  substance;  and  all  oils 
or  fluids  manufactured  from  petroleum  or  its  products  to  be  used  for  illumi- 
nating purposes,  shall  be  required  to  stand  a  fire  test  of  110  degrees  Fahren- 
heit, or  better,  before  it  shall  flash  or  emit  an  inflammable  vapor. 

[Cases  and  Packages  of  Illuminating  Oils  to  be  Stamped.] 

Section  66.  Any  person  or  persons  manufacturing  or  selling  illuminating 
oils  or  fluids  made  of  petroleum  or  its  products,  shall  be  required  to  have 
stamped  upon  the  case  or  package  where  easily  seen,  and  in  plain  letters  at 
least  one-half  inch  in  length,  the  name  of  the  manufacturer,  where  manufac- 
tured and  seller  thereof,  and  his  place  of  business  together  with  the  words, 
"Warranted  to  stand  a  fire  test  of  110  degrees  Fahrenheit,  or  better,  before  it  will 
flash  or  emit  an  inflammable  vapor,"  and  any  seller  disposing  of  five  gallons, 
more  or  less,  in  metal  cans  or  otherwise,  shall  furnish  a  certificate  of  the  test 
as  above  whenever  ordered  by  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department 
and  the  Fire  Marshal,  or  either  of  them. 

[Quality  and  Test  of  Oils.^ 

Section  67.  Any  question  arising  under  the  provisions  of  this  Order  as 
to  the  character  of  the  oils  herein  mentioned,  the  same  shall  be  tested  by  or 
in  the  presence  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department  and  the  Fire 
Marshal,  or  either  of  them,  and  they  or  either  of  them  shall  decide  the  test 
of  such  oils,  and  the  decision  of  either  or  both  of  them  shall  be  final. 


[The  Instrument  to  be  Used  in  Testing  Oils,  and  the  Duty  of  the  Fire  Wardens.] 

Section  68.  The  said  oils  shall  be  tested  and  their  quality  determined  by 
the  Chief  Engineer  and  the  Fire  Marshal,  or  either  of  those  persons  using 
Tagliabue's  open  tester,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of.  the  Fire  Wardens,  or  either 
of  them,  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  Order  in  regard  to  all  products  of 
petroleum,  and  they  or  either  of  them  may  enter  on  any  premises  or  place 


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where  such  oils  are  manufactured,  stored,  kept  or  sold,  for  the  purpose  of 
examining  such  oils  and  its  products,  and  no  person  or  persons  shall  hinder 
or  obstruct  said  officer  or  officers  in  carrying  out  the  foregoing  provisions  of 
Sections  61,  62,  63,  64,  65,  66  and  67. 

[Prohibiting  the  Transportation  of  Nitro-Glycerine.] 

Section  69.  No  person  shall  convey  or  cause  to  be  conveyed,  or  assist  in 
conveying  from  one  place  to  another  in  this  city  and  county,  any  liquid  nitro- 
glycerine, and  no  person  shall  manufacture  or  cause  to  be  manufactured  or 
assist  in  manufacturing  any  liquid  nitro-glycerine  in  this  city  and  county, 
and  no  liquid  nitro-glycerine  shall  be  kept  or  stored  in,  about,  or  on  any  pre- 
mises in  this  city  or  county. 

[Prohibiting  Storage  of  Percussion  Caps  in  Premises  where  Gunpowder,  etc.,  is  kept.] 

Section  70.  No  person  shall  receive,  keep  or  store,  or  aid  or  assist  any 
person  in  receiving,  keeping,  or  storing  any  package  containing  percussion  or 
detonating  caps  in,  or  upon,  any  building  or  premises  where  Hercules,  Dyna- 
mite or  Giant  Powder  is  kept  or  stored,  unless  such  packages  and  caps  are 
contained  and  kept  in  metal  boxes  or  cans,  and  secured  in  a  fire-proof  vault 
or  safe. 

[Prohibiting  conveyance  of  Gunpowder,  etc.,  in  Vehicles  transporting  Hercules,  Dynamite 

or  Giant  Powder.] 

Section  71.  No  person  shall  receive,  or  convey,  or  cause  to  be  received  or 
conveyed,  or  assist  in  receiving,  conveying  or  transporting  percussion  or 
detonating  caps,  or  gunpowder,  or  other  blasting  powder,  or  any  other  explo- 
sive substance,  in  or  upon  any  vehicle,  at  the  same  time  in  which  Hercules, 
Dynamite  or  Giant  Powder,  or  either  of  them,  are  being  transported,  carried 
or  conveyed. 

[Prohibiting  the  Storage  of  Hercules,  Dynamite  or  Giant  Powder,  etc.— Proviso.] 

Section  72.  No  person  shall  keep  or  store,  or  cause  to  be  kept  and  stored, 
or  aid  or  assist  any  person  in  keeping  or  storing,  Hercules,  Dynamite  or  Giant 
Powder  into  or  upon  any  building  or  premises  except  in  duly  licensed  maga- 
zines, or  in  vessels,  railroad  cars,  or  vehicles  receiving  or  keeping  the  same  in 
the  course  of  and  for  the  purpose  of  transportation. 

[Penalty.] 

Section  73.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  Sections 
69,  70,  71  or  72  of  this  Order  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 


156  GENEEAL  ORDEES  OF  THE 

upon  conviction  thereof  &hall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  for  not  more  than  six 
months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

[Void  Permits.] 

Section  74.  No  permit  shall  be  considered  valid  unless  all  the  require- 
ments of  this  Order  applying  to  the  granting  of  permits  shall  have  been 
complied  with. 

[False  Alarms— Rewards.] 

Section  75.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  give  a  false  alarm  of 
fire  by  means  of  the  fire  alarm  boxes.  A  reward  of  one  hundred  dollars 
will  be  paid  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  for  such  information  as  will  lead  to 
the  arrest  and  conviction  of  any  person  or  persons  for  giving  a  false  alarm  of 
fire  by  the  above  means. 

[Obstructing  Hydrants  and  Cisterns.] 

Section  76.  No  person  shall  obstruct  any  hydrant  or  cistern  in  such 
manner  as  to  hide  it  from  view  at  any  point,  or  hinder  free  access  thereto  by 
an  engine  or  hose  carriage,  or  construct  an  area  or  other  wall  or  thing  so  as 
to  interfere  in  any  manner  with  a  hydrant  below  the  level  of  the  curb. 

[Blockade  of  Street  during  Fire.] 

Section  77.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Police  at  the  time  of  fire,  to  place 
ropes  or  guards  across  all  streets,  lanes  and  alleys  on  which  shall  be  situated 
any  building  on  fire,  and  at  such  other  points  as  they  may  deem  expedient 
and  necessary,  and  they  shall  prevent  any  and  all  persons  except  owners  and 
occupants  and  employees  of  buildings  endangered  by  the  existing  fire,  from 
entering  within  the  lines  designated  by  ropes  or  guards,  save  and  except 
officers  of  the  Fire  Department  and  firemen  who  shall  be  known  by  their 
badge,  the  Fire  IMarshal,  Deputy  Fire  Marshal,  Fire  IMarshal  Police,  and  Fire 
Patrol,  or  such  other  person  as  may  have  permission  of  the  officers  of  the 
Fire  Department  or  Police  Commissioners.  And  any  person  or  persons 
entering  within  the  line  designated  by  the  ropes  or  guards,  and  refusing  to  go 
outside  of  said  lines  when  directed  to  do  so  by  any  police  officer  or  officer  of 
the  Fire  Department,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine,  or  imprisonment,  or  both,  as 
provided  for  in  this  Order.  , 

[Breaking  Blockade.]  , 

Section  78.  No  person  or  persons  shall  break  through  or  attempt  to  break 
through  such  blockade,  or  run  over  with  any  vehicle  the  line  of  hose  in  use 
at  any  fire. 


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[Steam  Engines  to  Have  Bight  of  Way.] 

Section  79.  All  steam  engines  and  other  moveable  apparatus  belonging  to 
the  Fire  Department,  the  Fire  Marshal  and  Fire  Patrol  shall  have  the  para- 
mount right  of  way  through  all  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  places  and  courts  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  when  running  to  a  fire,  and  such  ap- 
paratus, together  with  all  other  vehicles  contiguous  thereto,  excepting  street 
cars,  shall  take  and  keep  the  right  side  of  the  street,  unless  the  same  be 
obstructed;  and  all  street  cars  in  the  vicinity  of  any  such  apparatus  going  to 
a  fire  shall  retard  or  accelerate  their  speed,  as  occasion  may  require,  in  order 
to  give  the  apparatus  of  the  Fire  Department,  the  Fire  Marshal,  and  the  Fire 
Patrol  the  unobstructed  use  of  the  street  for  the  time  being. 

[Obstmctlng  Apparatus  of  Department  Prohibited.] 

Section  80.  No  person  or  persons  having  control  of  any  vehicle  shall 
wilfully  or  carelessly  permit  the  same  to  obstruct  the  progress  of  the  ap- 
paratus of  the  Fire  Department,  the  Fire  Marshal  or  the  Fire  Patrol,  going  to 
a  fire. 

[Injuring  Apparatus  Prohibited.] 

Section  81.  No  person  or  persons  shall  wilfully  injure  any  engine  house, 
hose,  horse  or  horses,  engine,  carriage  or  other  apparatus  of  the  Fire  De- 
partment of  this  city  and  county. 

[Reward  for  Arrest  of  Offender.] 

Section  82.  The  Mayor  of  this  city  and  county  is  hereby  authorized  to 
offer  a  reward,  not  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  for  the  arrest  and 
conviction  of  any  person  or  persons  committing  the  misdemeanor  described 
in  the  last  section. 

[Prohibiting  Water  Being  Drawn  from  Hydrants.— Proviso.! 

Section  83.  No  person  shall  open  or  in  any  way  cause  the  water  to  flow, 
or  draw  water  from  any  of  the  hydrants  erected,  or  hereafter  to  be  erected, 
by  the  authorities  of  this  city  and  county,  or  at  their  request  by  any  corpora- 
tion duly  organized  to  supply  said  city  and  its  inhabitants  with  water,  except 
in  case  of  fire  (or  for  other  necessary  purpose  for  the  benefit  of  the  city), 
without  a  permit  from  the  Chief  Engineer,  or  Assistant  Chief  Engineer. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this 
Order. 

[Constraction  of  Provision  of  Preceding  Section.] 

Section  84.  The  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  shall  not  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  prevent  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Works  from   opening  the 


158  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

hydrants  connected  with  their  works  therein  described,  oi  drawing  their 
water  therefrom  at  any  time  when  the  same  are  not  actually  used  for  fire  pur- 
poses, provided  the  same  shall  not  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  selling  water. 

[Storing  Ounpowder.] 

Section  85.  No  person  shall  receive,  keep  or  store,  or  cause  to  be  received, 
kept  or  stored,  or  aid  or  assist  any  person  in  receiving,  keeping  or  storing 
gunpowder  in  a  larger  quantity  than  ten  pounds  into  or  in  any  building,  or 
upon  any  premises,  except  duly  licensed  powder  magazines,  unless  the  person 
receiving,  keeping  or  storing  the  same  shall  be  authorized  and  licensed  to  sell 
gunpowder,  or  shall  be  in  the  daily  use  thereof  in  excavating  rock.  No  person 
shall  receive,  keep  or  store,  or  have  at  any  one  time  in  any  one  place,  except 
duly  licensed  powder  magazines,  more  than  fifty  pounds  of  gunpowder. 

[Manufacture  or  Storage  of  Powder  or  Fireworks  Prohibited  within  Certain  Limits.] 

Section  86.  No  person  shall  receive,  keep  or  store,  or  have  in  any  one 
place  more  than  fifty  pounds  of  powder,  or  shall  erect  or  maintain  any  build- 
ing for  the  storage  or  keeping  of  powder,  or  for  the  manufacture  or  storage 
of  fireworks,  except  within  that  portion  of  the  city  and  county  bounded  on 
the  westerly  side  by  Kentucky  street,  Railroad  avenue  and  San  Bruno  road, 
on  the  south  by  the  county  line,  on  the  east  by  the  water  front  of  said  city 
and  county,  and  on  the  north  by  Islais  street. 

[Gunpowder— How  kept.] 

Section  87.  Any  person  keeping,  storing,  or  having  more  than  ten  pounds 
of  gunpowder  in  any  one  place,  except  duly  licensed  powder  magazines,  shall 
keep  the  same  in  an  air-tight  metallic  vessel,  which  vessel  shall  be  marked 
with  the  word  "  Gunpowder,"  in  plain  Roman  letters,  painted  in  white  on  a 
dark  ground,  not  less  than  three  inches  in  hight,  and  of  proportionate  width 
and  shall  be  kept  at  all  times  conspicuously  in  view  near  the  entrance  of  the 
premises  where  kept,  and  convenient  for  removal  therefrom. 

[Gunpowder— Conveyance  of.] 

Section  88.  No  person  shall  convey,  or  cause  to  be  conveyed,  or  assist  in 
conveying,  in  any  vehicle,  any  gunpowder,  unless  the  same  shall  be  securely 
packed  in  close  packages,  nor  unless  such  packages  shall  be  securely  covered 
while  in  the  vehicle. 

[Gunpowder,  Shipping,  Discharging,  and  haying  it  on  board— When  landed  to  be 
immediately  Forwarded.] 

Section  89.  No  person  shall  discharge  gunpowder  from  any  vessel  except 
from  ship's  side  or  tackles,  and  before  the  vessel  shall  have  been  hauled  up  to 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  159 

the  wharf.  No  vessel  shall  be  permitted  to  remain  at  the  wharf  more  than 
twenty-four  hours  after  receiving  gunpowder  on  board;  and  if  a  vessel  shall 
lie  at  the  wharf  over  night  a  watchman  shall  be  kept  on  duty  on  board  all 
night.  All  gunpowder  deposited  on  the  wharf  for  shipment  shall  be  immedi- 
ately passed  on  board  the  vessel  which  is  to  receive  the  same.  All  gunpowder 
landed  or  placed  on  any  sidewalk,  street  or  public  way,  for  forwarding  or  ship- 
ment, shall  be  forwarded  or  shipped  immediately  after  it  shall  have  been  so 
landed  or  placed. 

[Vessels  Having  Powder  aboard  to  be  Afloat  at  Low  Tide.] 

Section  90.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  vessel  to  lie  at  any  wharf,  pier  or 
bulkhead,  with  powder  on  board,  unless  such  vessel  will  be  afloat  at  low  tide. 

[Powder— When  to  be  taken  by  the  Chief  of  Police.] 

Section  91.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  take  possession  of  and  safely  store 
all  powder  that  may  be  stored,  placed  or  deposited  in  violation  of  any  of  the 
provisions  of  the  preceding  sections,  and  shall  keep  such  powder  until  all 
expense  incurred  by  him  in  removing  and  storing  the  same  shall  have  been 
refunded,  or  repaid  to  him.  But  the  acts  of  the  Chief  of  Police  in  relation 
thereto  shall  not  relieve  any  person  from  any  penalty  therefore  incurred. 

[Smokestacks  and  Chimneys.] 

Section  92.  Whenever,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens, 
or  upon  the  complaint  of  the  majority  of  the  residents  adjacent  thereto,  any 
smokestack,  chimney,  flue  or  stovepipe  endangers  the  surrounding  property  by 
fire,  or  annoys  the  residents  in  the  neighborhood  with  smoke,  soot  or  cinders, 
the  Fire  Wardens  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  abated,  altered  or  improved,  as 
they  may  think  most  suitable  for  the  protection  of  the  surrounding  property,, 
and  conducive  to  the  comfort  of  the  residents  in  the  vicinity. 

[Manufacture  of  Gas.] 

Section  93.  No  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  shall,  in  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  without  permission  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors, erect  any  works  or  apparatus  for  the  manufacture  of  gas,  within  the 
district  bounded  by  the  water  front,  Larkin,  Bay,  Devisadero,  Ridley,  Castro, 
Sixteenth,  Center,  Carolina  and  Channel  streets. 

Any  person,  persons  or  corporation  violating  this  Section  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not  less  than  thirty  days  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


160  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Board  of  Fire  Wardens.] 

Section  94.  The  Board  of  Fire  Wardens  shall  consist  of  the  Chief 
Engineer,  the  Assistant  Chief  Engineer,  the  Assistant  Engineers,  and  the" 
Clerk  of  the  Fire  Department,  and  the  Fire  Marshal,  and  any  act  done  by  a 
majority  of  said  Board  shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  act  of  the  whole  Boards 
They  shall  organize  by  electing  one  of  its  members  as  Chairman  and  one  as 
Secretary.  They  shall  hold  regular  monthly  meetings,  and  other  meeting* 
during  the  month  when  occasion  requires  it.  Special  meetings  may  be  called 
by  any  member  of  the  Board  (in  writing)  to  transact  business.  The  Secretary 
of  the  Board  shall  notify  in  writing  each  member  of  the  Board  of  any  and 
all  meetings. 

[Arson— Reward  for  Arrest  and  Conviction  of  Offender.] 

Section  95.  Whenever  a  fire  shall  appear  to  have  been  caused  by  incen- 
diarism, or  when  any  bonfire  shall  have  been  Isindled,  or  fire  shall  have  been 
set  to  a  building  or  structure,  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order,  th& 
M&yoT  may,  at  his  discretion,  offer  a  reward  of  not  more  than  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  for  the  arrest  and  conviction  of  the  offender;  and  the  IVIayor 
may,  at  any  time,  when  in  his  opinion  it  appears  expedient,  offer  a  standing- 
reward  not  to  exceed  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  for  the  arrest  and  con- 
viction of  any  person  guilty  of  arson,  or  of  any  attempt  at  arson,  and  any 
reward  which  may  become  payable  under  the  order  of  the  Mayor  shall  be  paid 
out  of  the  treasury  of  the  city  and  county. 

[Penalty  for  Violation  of  Provisions  of  this  Order.] 

Section  96.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  shall,  except 
where  the  penalty  is  otherwise  prescribed  herein,  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not 
more  than  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  and  the  con- 
tinuance or  maintaining  of  such  violation  shall  be  deemed  a  new  offense  for 
each  day  on  which  the  same  is  so  continued  or  maintained,  and  shall  be  pun- 
ished accordingly. 

[Enforcement  of  Provisions  of  this  Order.] 

Section  97.  The  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department,  Assistant  Chief 
Engineer,  the  Assistant  Engineers,  the  Clerk  of  the  Fire  Department  and  the 
Fire  Marshal  are  directed  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  this  Order  are  enforced, 
and  to  make  complaints  in  the  Police  Judge's  Court  for  violation  of  the  pro- 
visions thereof. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  161 

[One-half  of  Fine  for  Violations  of  Provisions  of  tliis  Order  to  be  paid  to  the  San 
Francisco  Fire  Department  Charitable  Fund.— Proviso.] 

Section  98.  One-balf  of  any  fine  that  may  be  collected  for  a  violation  of 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order  (except  those  otherwise  provided  for) 
shall  be  paid  to  the  San  Francisco  Paid  Fire  Department  Charitable  Fund; 
and  the  Clerk  of  the  Police  Court  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay 
the  same  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  Charitable  Fund,  taking  a  receipt  therefor. 

Section  99.  All  orders  or  parts  of  orders  in  conflict  with  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Order  are  hereby  repealed. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  December  17,  1883. 
.    After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
tip  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Supervisors  Sullivan,  Reichenbach,  Shirley,  Burton,  Smith,  Pond, 
Griffin,  Strother,  Lewis,  Ranken,  James,  Ashworth. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  December  28,  1883. 

WASHINGTON  BARTLETT, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OBDEE  NO.  911. 


PBOVIDING  FOR    THE   ADOPTION   OF  THE    STATE    MAP    OP    SALT    MAESH   AND    TIDE 
LANDS,    LYING  WITHIN  THE   CITY  AND   COUNTY   OP   SAN   FEANCISCO. 

[Approved  March  4.,  1870,] 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Streets  and  Avenues  upon  Mep  of  the  Salt  Marsh  and  Tide  Lands  in  the  County  of  San 
Francisco  declared  to  be  Open  Public  Streets,  etc.] 

All  the  streets  p.nd  avenues  delineated  upon  a  certain  map  entitled  a  "Map 
of  the  Salt  Marsh  and  Tide  Lands,  lying  under  water,  south  of  Second  street, 
and  situate  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,"  and  dated  March  19, 
1869,  which  has  been  prepared  and  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Tide  Land  Com- 
missioners and  the  State  Board,  under  and  by  virtue  of  an  Act  entitled  "An 
Act  to  survey  and  dispose  of  certain  Salt  Marsh  and  Tide  Lands  belonging 
to  the  State  of  California,"  approved  March  30,  1868,  and  is  now  on  file  in 
11 


162  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

said  Commissioners'  office,  in  San  Francisco  aforesaid,  are  hereby  declared 
to  be,  and  adopted  as,  open  public  streets  and  avenues  and  highways  of  and 
in  this  city  and  county. 

[Surreyor  to  Delineate  upon  the  Map  of  City  and  County  all  Streets  and  Avenues  mentioned 

in  Section  1.] 

Section  2.  The  City  and  County  Surveyor  of  San  Francisco  aforesaid  is 
hereby  authorized  and  requested  to  draw  and  compile,  delineate  and  place 
upon  the  map  of  this  city  and  county,  now  being  prepared  by  him,  the 
streets  and  avenues  aforesaid,  exhibiting  thereupon  the  width  of  such  streets 
and  avenues,  the  number  and  dimensions  of  the  resulting  blocks,  the  water 
front  lines,  together  with  the  reservations  made  by  the  Commissioners  afore- 
said, for  basins,  canals,  market  places,  produce  exchange  and  other  public 


[When  Order  takes  eflfect.] 
Section  3.    This  Order  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 
In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  February  21,  1870. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

A.yes — Supervisors  Winkle,  Harrold,  Flaherty,  McCarthy,  Ashbury,  Badlam, 
Ring,  Story,  Shrader,  Canavan,  Kelly. 
Absent— Supervisor  Adams. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  March  4,  1870. 

THOMAS  H.  SELBY, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OEDER  No.  966. 


■8TABLISHINO    AND    ADOPTING    AN    OFFICIAL    MAP    AND    PLAN   OF   THE   OITT   AND 
COUNTY   OF    SAN   FBANCISCO. 

[Approved  October  25th,  1870.]  \. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  asfolloips: 

[Establishing  and  Accepting  Of&cial  Map.]  \. 

Section  1.     The  map  made  by  the  City  and  County  Surveyor  of  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  contract  author- 


BOARD  OP  SUPERVISORS.  163 

ized  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  number  nine  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  thirty-one  (9,931),  excepting  Nevada  street,  in  Mission  Block 
No.  9,  until  its  location  is  determined  by  the  Supreme  Court,  is  hereby  ap- 
proved, adopted  and  declared  to  be  the  valid,  legal  and  official  map  of  the 
•City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  October  17,  1870. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes— Supervisor  Winkle,  Harrold,  Flaherty,  McCarthy,  Badlam,  Story, 
^Shrader,  Adams,  Canavan,  Kelly. 
Absent — Supervisors  Ashbury,  Ring. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approred,  San  Francisco,  October  25,  1870. 

THOMAS  H.  SELBY, 
Mayor  and  ei-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors, 


ORDER  NO.  1,339. 


TO   BEGUI1A.TE   THB   DKLIVEBT    OP    WATEB   AND   TO   PBOVIDB    FOB   CLEANSINtt  THK 
8EWEBS,  GT7TTKB8  AND    CESSPOOLS    OF  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FBANCISCO. 

[Approved  January  30, 1877.] 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Providing  for  Cleansing  all  Public  Sewers,  Gutters  and  Oesspools.] 

Section  1.  All  public  sewers,  gutters  and  cesspools  of  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco  shall  be  thoroughly  flushed  and  cleansed  with 
water  at  proper  intervals,  but  not  less  than  four  times  in  each  year,  and  as 
mach  oftener  as  the  Board  of  Health  shall  deem  and  declare  to  be  necessary 
to  prevent  sickness. 

[Water  for  Cleansing  Sewers,  etc.,  to  be  taken  from  Pipes  of  Corporations  rurnishing  Water 
for  use  of  Inhabitants.] 

Section  2.  The  water  for  flashing  and  cleansing  the  sewers,  gutters  and 
cesspools,  shall  be  taken  from  the  pipes  and  mains  of  any  corporation  or  cor- 
porations formed  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  California,  for  the  purpose 
of  furnishing  the  City  and  County  of    San  Francisco,  or  the  inhabitants 


164  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

thereof,  with  pure,  fresh  water,  and  engaged  in  said  business.  The  Fire  an<f 
"Water  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  are  authorized  and  required 
to  cause  the  necessary  connections  to  be  made  with  such  pipes  and  mains, 
where  the  same  do  not  now  exist,  and  to  provide  the  necessary  apparatus 
and  appliances  therefor;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers,  trustees  and 
servants  of  all  such  corporations,  formed  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  to  aid 
and  assist  in  the  carrying  out  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order  and  to  permit 
the  same. 

[FluBhing  and  Cleansing  Sewers,  etc.,  to  be  Performed  Under  the  Supervision  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Streets.] 

Section  3.  The  work  of  flushing  and  cleansing  the  sewers,  gutters  and 
cesspools,  provided  for  in  this  Order,  shall  be  performed  by  and  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets  and  Highways,  who  shall 
cause  the  same  to  be  done  by  the  deputies,  employees  and  laborers  in  his- 
department,  in  a  thorough  and  efficient  manner  at  the  time  specified  herein, 
and  at  all  other  times  when  required  so  to  do  by  the  Board  of  Health. 

[Officers  or  Employees  of  Corporations  Furnishing  Water  Prohibited  from  Interfering  with 
the  Use  of  Water  for  Flushing  and  Cleansing  of  Sewers,  etc.] 

Section  4.  Any  officer,  trustee,  servant  or  employee  of  any  corporation 
formed  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  or  any  person  whomsoever  who  shall,  in 
any  manner  knowingly  and  wilfully  hinder,  impede,  delay,  obstruct,  or  pre- 
vent, or  who  shall  cause  or  procure  others  to  hinder,  impede,  delay,  obstruct 
or  prevent  the  doing  of  any  of  the  things  herein  prescribed  to  be  done  or  per- 
mitted on  the  part  of  any  person,  or  who  shall  hinder,  impede,  delay,  ob- 
struct or  prevent  the  action  of  any  officer  or  servant  of  the  city  and  county 
in  doing  or  causing  to  be  done  any  act  or  thing  necessary  in  flushing  or 
cleansing  the  sewers,  gutters  or  cesspools,  shall  for  each  act  of  such  hin- 
drance, impeding,  delay,  obstruction  or  prevention,  as  aforesaid,  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction,  shall,  for  each  ofi'ense,  be  sub- 
ject to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  tea  dollars,  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars, 
and  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  ten  days 
nor  more  than  six  months. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  January  29,  1877. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes— Supervisors  Edwards,  Drucker,  Bryan,  Wise,  Shine,  Eaton,  Hayes, 
Strother,  Boyce,  Roberts,  Gibbs,  Macdonald. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 

Approved,  San  Francisco,  January  30,  1877. 

A.  J.  BRYANT, 

Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors, 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  165 

OEDEE  No.  1,357. 


JLS  OBDEB  TO  PBBSOBIBE  BUIiES  AND   BEQULATIONS    FOE  THE  DELIVBET   OP  WATBB 
DUE  TO  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  IN  CASE  OF  PIEE  OB  OTHEE  GEEAT  NECESSITY. 

The  Ptople  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Supply  of  Pure,  Fresh  Water  for  certain  Institutions  and  Purposes  declared  to  be  Indis- 
pensably Necessary. 

Section  1.  A  sufficient  supply  of  pure,  fresh  water  for  the  following  pur- 
poses is  hereby  ordained  and  declared  to  be  greatly  and  indispensably  neces- 
sary at  all  times  to  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  that  is  to  say: 
water  in  sufficient  quantities  for  the  use  of  the  Hospitals  and  Almshouses, 
the  House  of  Correction,  the  Jails,  Prisons  and  Industrial  Schools,  the  public 
schools,  the  engine  houses  and  Fire  Department,  for  fires,  and  for  the  use  of 
the  firemen,  the  horses  and  engines,  all  public  buildings,  courts  and  offices, 
the  plazas,  parks,  and  public  gardens  and  grounds,  and  any  other  case  of  fire 
or  other  great  necesssity,  within  the  meaning  of  Section  549  of  the  Civil  Code 
of  the  State. 


[Mayor  to  cause  Connections  to  be  made  with  Pipes  and  Mains  of  Water  Companies,  to 
furnish  Supply  of  Water  for  Purposes  mentioned  in  Order.] 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  cause  and  procure  all 
necessary  connections  to  be  made  with  the  pipes  and  mains  of  any  and  all 
corporations  heretofore  or  hereafter  formed  for  the  purpose  of  furnishing  or 
supplying  pure,  fresh  water  to  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  or  the 
inhabitants  thereof,  and  engaged  in  said  business,  in  order  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  this  Act.  And  he  may,  when  necessary,  call  upon  the  police 
force  to  aid  in  making  or  maintaining  said  connections  with  said  pipes  and 


[Penalty  for  Obstructing  or  Preventing  Mayor  or  other  Persons  from  Carrying  out  Pro- 

visions  of  Order.] 

Section  3.  Any  person  who  shall  willfully  obstruct,  or  who  shall  cause 
others  to  obstruct,  the  Mayor  or  any  other  person  in  carrying  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Order,  or  who  shall  cut  off,  or  attempt  to  cut  off,  the  water 
necessary  to  any  of  the  buildings  or  purposes  herein  provided  for,  or  cause 
-others  to  do  so,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction 
he  punished  accordingly. 


166  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  April  9,  1877. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  takens 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Drucker,  Edwards,  Bryan,  Wise,  Shine,  Hayes,  Strother^. 
Boyce,  Roberts,  Gibbs,  Macdonald. 
No— Supervisor  Eaton. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  April  10,  1877. 

A.  J.  BRYANT, 
Mayor  and  ex-ofl&cio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


ORDEE  No.  1,550. 


BEQUIBINO  MONEYS    BECEIVED    AS    DUPLICATE    PAYMENT    OF    TAXES    TO   BE   PAID» 
INTO  THE    CITY   AND   COUNTY  TEEASURY. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Duplicate  Payments  of  Taxes  to  be  paid  by  Tax  Collector  Into  Treasury,  etc.— Report  to  be^ 
Filed  with  Auditor  and  Treasurer.] 

Sbotion  1.  All  moneys  received  as  duplicate  payments  of  State  or  City 
and  County  taxes  upon  real  or  personal  property,  situate  in  this  city  and 
county,  shall  be  paid  into  the  City  and  County  Treasury,  and  upon  any  dupli- 
cate payment  being  made  as  aforesaid,  the  Tax  Collector  shall  cause  an 
entry,  in  red  ink,  to  be  made  in  the  margin  of  the  Assessment  Book  opposite 
the  said  assessment,  stating  the  date,  the  words  "  Duplicate  Payment,"  and 
the  amount  received  in  figures.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Tax  Collector  on. 
making  payment  of  said  moneys  into  the  Treasury,  to  file  with  the  Treasurer 
and  the  Auditor  of  this  City  and  County  separate  reports,  showing  the  name  of 
the  party  assessed,  the  kind  of  property  assessed,  the  fiscal  year  for  which 
the  tax  was  paid,  and  the  number  of  the  volume  and  page  on  which  said 
assessment  appears,  and  that  the  same  was  a  duplicate  payment  of  State  or 
City  and  County  taxes,  as  the  case  may  be.  / 

[Treasurer  to  keep  Moneys  received  in  Duplicate  Payment  of  Taxes  in  Separate  Fund,  etc.}. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to  receive  and  safely 
keep  the  said  moneys  in  a  Fund  to  be  known  and  designated  as  the  Duplicate- 
Tax  Fund,  and  to  keep  a  record  showing  the  name  of  the  party  assessed,  the* 


BOAED   OF   SUPERVISORS.  167 

kind  of  property  assessed,  the  amount  paid,  whether  for  State  or  City  and 
County,  or  both,  the  fiscal  year  for  which  the  tax  was  paid  and  the  date  of  its 
payment  into  the  Treasury. 

[Auditor  to  examine  Report  of  Tax  Collector,  and  Compare  Payments  with  Assessment 

Book,  etc.] 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Auditor  in  his  annual  settlement 
with  the  Tax  Collector  and  at  such  other  subsequent  time,  at  or  about  the 
expiration  of  the  term  of  any  incumbent  of  said  office,  to  compare  the 
report  filed  in  his  office  by  the  said  Tax  Collector,  showing  the  amount  of 
duplicate  taxes  collected,  with  the  Assessment  Book,  and  make  a  final  settle- 
ment with  him  for  all  of  said  duplicate  taxes  so  collected  and  paid  into  the 
Treasury;  and  in  case  of  any  deficiency,  the  said  Auditor  shall  at  once  require 
the  payment  of  the  same  into  the  City  and  County  Treasury,  as  required  by 
Section  1  of  this  Order. 

[Tax  Collector,  Treasurer  and  Auditor  to  Comply  with  Requirements  of  Order.] 

Section  4.    The  Tax  Collector,  the  Treasurer  and  the  Auditor  of  this  City 
and   County  are  hereby  required  to  take  notice  of    and  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  this  Order. 
In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  December  15,  1879. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  IMason,  Litchfield,  Drake,  Whitney,  Eastman, 
Fraser,  Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  December  16,  1879. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


ORDER  No.  1,615. 


PBOVIDING  FOB  IMPOSING  A  LICENSE    UPON  DEALEKS  IN   OPIUM  IN  THE  CITl,  AND 
COUNTY   OF   SAN   FEANCISCO. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Prohibiting  Sale  of  Opium  without  a  License.— Proviso.] 

Section  1.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  sell,  barter  or 
exchange  any  smoking  opium,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  ex- 


168  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

cept  for  scientific  purposes,  or  for  medicinal  purposes  on  the  prescription  of 
a  practicing  physician,  without  first  procuring  a  license  therefor  in  accordance 
with  this  Order.  Such  license  shall  be  known  and  designated  as  "Opium 
Dealers'  Licenses;"  and  any  violation  of  this  Order  shall  be  a  misdemeanor; 
and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  hereof  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dol- 
lars or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months  in  the  County  Jail,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

[Persons  engaged  in  Selling  Opium  to  be  Licensed.] 

Section  2 .  Any  person  or  firm  engaged  in  the  business  of  selling,  barter- 
ing or  exchanging  any  smoking  opium,  whether  on  commission  or  otherwise, 
or  as  owner,  or  as  broker  for  owner,  or  consignee,  shall  pay  a  license  therefor 
in  the  amounts  as  follows,  that  is  to  say: 

[First  Class.] 

Those  doing  business  in  the  aggregate  amount  of  five  thousand  dollars  and 
over  per  quarter  constitute  the  first  class,  and  must  pay  a  license  of  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  per  quarter. 

[Second  Class.] 

Those  doing  a  business  to  the  amount  of  three  thousand  dollars  and  over 
per  quarter  constitute  the  second  class,  and  must  pay  a  license  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars  per  quarter. 

[Third  Class.] 

Those  doing  business  to  the  amount  of  not  exceeding  three  thousand  dol- 
lars per  quarter  constitute  the  third  class,  and  must  pay  a  license  of  fifty 
dollars  per  quarter. 

[Conflicting  Orders,  etc.,  Repealed.] 

Section  3.  All  Orders,  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  this  Order,  are  hereby 
repealed. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  February  14,  1881.  "^^ 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Litchfield,  Drake,  Whitney,  Eastman, 
Fraser,  Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey,  Stetson. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  February  16,  1881.  "^ 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  169 


OEDER  NO.  1,625. 


PBOHIBITINO  THE   KEEPING   OPEN    OF  SHOOTING    GALIiERIES,    OR  THE    DISCHABGB 
OF  CAETRIDGES  THEREIN  BETWEEN  CERTAIN  HOURS  OF  THE  DAY  AND  NIGHT. 

The  People  of  the  GUy  and  County  of  San  Franciaco  do  ordain  as  follows : 

[Prohibiting  the  Keeping  Open  of  Shooting  Galleries  between  Certain  Hours.] 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  owning,  con- 
ducting or  managing  a  shooting  gallery  or  galleries  in  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  to  keep  open  the  same,  or  to  discharge  or  permit  to  be  dis- 
charged any  cartridge  or  cartridges  therein,  between  the  hours  of  eleven 
o'clock  p.  M.  and  daylight  of  the  following  morning,  save  and  except  upon 
Saturdays,  when  the  same  may  be  kept  open  and  permitted  up  to  the  hour  of 
twelve  o'clock  midnight. 

[Penalty  for  Violation.] 

Section  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one 
thousand  ($1,000)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  April  4,  1881. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  Litchfield,  Drake,  Whitney,  Eastman,  Fraser, 
Bayly,  Torrey,  Stetson. 

Noes — Supervisors  Mason,  Doane. 
Absent — Supervisor  Taylor. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 

The  above  Order,  No.  1,625,  not  having  been  approved  by  his  Honor  the 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  or  returned  to 
this  Board  with  his  objection  thereto,  within  ten  days  of  the  date  of  presen- 
tation thereof,  has  become  valid  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section 
No.  68  of  the  Consolidation  Act. 

San  Francisco,  April  18,  1881. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 


170    '  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

OEDER  No.  1,652. 


PROHIBITING  THE  CONSTEUCTION,  MAINTENANCE,  OR  OPERATION  OF  WORKS,  ETC., 
FOR  THE  MANUFACTURE  OF  GAS  FROM  CRUDE  PETROLEUM  WITHIN  CERTAIir 
LIMITS. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows  : 

[Preamble.] 

Whereas,  It  is  the  duty  of  this  Board  to  provide  proper  safeguards,  and  to 
make  all  needful  regulations  for  protection  against  fire,  and  for  the  protection 
of  life  and  property; 

Now,  therefore,  The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do- 
ordain  as  follows : 

[Works  for  Mannfactore  of  Gas  from  Cmde  Petroleum  prohibited  within  Certain  Limits.] 

Section  1.  No  person  or  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  shall,  io 
this  city  and  county,  without  permission  of  the  Board  ol  Supervisors,  under 
the  provisions  of  the  Constitution  of  this  State,  erect,  maintain  or  operate  any 
works  or  apparatus  for  the  manufacture  of  gas  from  crude  petroleum  within 
the  district  bounded  by  the  Water  Front,  Larkin,  Bay,  Devisadero,  Ridley, 
Castro,  Sixteenth,  Center,  Carolina  and  Channel  streets. 

[Penalty.] 

Section  2.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisons  of  this 
Order  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction,  shall  be 
punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars,  nor  more  than  five 
hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not  less  than  thirty 
days,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprison- 
ment, and  each  day  that  any  violation  of  this  Order  is  continued  or  permitted 
to  exist,  shall  be  deemed  and  constitute  a  separate  offense,  and  shall  be  pun- 
ished accordingly. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  November  21,  1881. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days  according  to  law,  taken  up 
and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Schottler,  Mason,  Drake,  Whitney,  Eastman,  Fraser^ 
Taylor,  Doane,  Bayly,  Torrey,  Stetson. 

No — Supervisor  Litchfield. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  November  25,  1881. 

I.  S.  KALLOCH, 

Mayor  and  ex- officio  President  Board  of  Super visora. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  171 


OEDEK  No.  1,664. 


PBOHIBITING  THE  DEPOSITING  UPON  THE  PUBLIC  STEEETS  OF  ANT  SWEEPINGS 
PEOM  SHOPS  OB  STOEES,  PAPEE,  PEATHEES,  STEAW,  BEOKEN  GLASS  OE  CBOCK- 
EEY,  EUBBISH,  GAEBAGB  OE  MANUEE,  OE  ANT  OTHKE  DEBEIS  FEOM  DWELL- 
ING  HOUSES   OE   PLACES   OF  BUSINESS. 

Thii  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 
[Prohibiting  the  Deposit  of  Shop  Sweepings,  etc.,  on  Streets.] 

Section  ] .  No  person  shall  deposit  upon  any  pablic  street,  lane,  alley, 
place  or  court  within  this  city  and  county  any  sweepings  from  shops  or  stores, 
paper,  feathers,  straw,  broken  glass  or  crockery,  rubbish,  garbage  or  manure, 
or  any  other  debris,  from  dwelling  houses  or  places  of  business  of  any  descrip- 
tion whatsoever;  and  any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  in  any  Court  of 
competent  jurisdiction  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment. 

[Chief  of  Police  to  Enforce,] 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  to  take  such  steps  and 
issue  such  orders  to  the  members  of  the  force  under  his  control  as  shall  insure^ 
the  arrest  and  punishment  of  any  and  all  persons  violating  the  provisions  of 
this  Order. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  March  13,  1882. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Supervisors  Bodfish,  IMEcKew,  Shirley,  Carmany,  Molineux,  Torrens^ 
Bradford,  Fisher,  Russ,  Parrish,  Kennedy. 
Absent— Supervisor  IVIerrill. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  March  21,  1882. 

M.  C.  BLAKE, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors- 


172  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

OKDEE  No.  1,687. 


TBBQULATING  THE  USE  OP  THE  PUBLIC  STEEETS  AND  THOBOUGHFAEES  FOE  THE 
PUEPOSE  OF  liATING  DOWN  PIPES  AND  CONDUITS  THEEEIN,  AND  FOE  INTBO- 
DUCING  INTO  AND  SUPPLYING  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FBANCISCO  AND 
ITS  INHABITANTS  WITH  GASLIGHT  OE  OTHEE  ILLUMINATING  LIGHT,  OE  WITH 
FEESH  WATEE  FOE  DOMESTIC  PUEPOSES;  AND  PBOVIDING  FOE  DAMAGES  AND 
INDEMNITY   FOE   DAMAGES. 

T^e  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Bond  to  be  Filed.] 

Section  1.  Any  person  or  incorporate  company  desiring  to  use  any  public 
«treet  or  thoroughfare  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the  city  or  the  inhabitants 
^th  water  or  artificial  light  shall,  at  least  ten  days  before  any  work  is  com- 
menced, present  to  the  Mayor  a  good  and  sufficient  joint  and  several  under- 
taking in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  with  not  more  than  two  sureties, 
to  secure  the  municipality  for  all  damages  it  or  said  streets  or  thoroughfares 
may  sustain  by  such  use  of  said  streets  or  thoroughfares. 

[Bond  to  be  Approved  by  Mayor  and  filed  with  Clerk  of  Board  of  Superyisors.] 

Said  undertaking,  if  satisfactory,  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  in  writ- 
ing and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

[Diagrams  of  Streets  proposed  to  be  Used  to  be  filed  with  Superintendent  of  Streets.] 

At  the  time  of  the  presentation  of  said  undertaking  the  person  or  company 
presenting  it  shall  file  with  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  and  with 
the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  a  diagram  of  the  streets  or  parts  of 
streets  proposed  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  fresh  water  or  arti- 
ficial light,  which  diagram  shall  not  cover  over  one  mile  of  street ;  but  new 
and  separate  diagrams  and  new  and  separate  undertakings  must  be  presented, 
accepted  and  filed  for  each  additional  mile,  or  fraction  of  a  mile  of  street  to 
he  used. 

[Duty  of  Superintendent  of  Streets  to  Supervise  laying  of  Pipes.] 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  to  direct 
and  oversee  the  laying  of  pipes  and  conduits  put  down  in  said  streets  for  the 
supplying  of  fresh  water  or  artificial  light,  and  all  such  pipes  and  conduits 
«hall  be  laid  only  under  his  direction  and  supervision. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERYISORS.  173^ 

{So  Trench  to  be  allowed  to  Remain  Open  more  than  twenty-four  hours  after  Pipe  is  laid.}, 

Section  3.  No  trencli  dug  for  pipe  or  conduit  shall  remain  open  over 
twenty-four  hours  after  the  pipe  or  conduit  is  laid,  and  all  pipes  and 
conduits  shall  be  laid  within  twenty-four  hours  after  a  trench  is  open,  and 
trenches  shall  be  considered  and  deemed  open  as  soon  as  the  first  opening  is- 
made  in  the  street  or  pavement  for  the  purposes  aforesaid. 

[Trench  must  be  filled  in  within  forty-eight  hours.] 

Section  4.  Within  forty-eight  hours  after  a  trench  is  opened  it  shall  be 
filled,  and  if  not  filled  by  the  party  opening  it  then  the  Superintendent  of 
Streets  shall  cause  it  to  be  filled,  and  when  filled  it  shall  be  put  in  as  good 
condition  as  it  was  before  the  work  of  excavation  was  commenced;  and  in 
case  of  stone  or  other  pavement  the  surface  shall  be  left  neither  elevated 
above  or  depressed  below  the  surface  of  the  street. 

[Parties  laying  Pipe  to  be  responsible  for  good  repair  of  Street  over  the  same  for  one  year. }., 

Section  5.  If  within  one  year  after  such  pipes  or  conduits  have  been  laid 
the  surface  of  the  street  over  such  pipes  or  conduits  remains  improperly 
elevated  or  depressed,  then  it  shall  be  repaired  and  put  in  good  order  by  the 
person  or  company  who  caused  said  pipes  or  conduits  to  be  laid,  within  tea 
days  after  notice  so  to  do  has  been  served  by  the  said  Superintendent  of 
Streets  upon  the  person  or  company  who  caused  said  street  to  be  excavated^. 

[Service  of  Notices  by  Superintendent  of  Streets— How  to  be  made.] 

Service  may  be  made  under  this  Order  in  the  manner  provided  in  the  Code- 
of  Civil  Procedure  of  the  State  of  California. 

[Duty  of  Superintendent  of  Streets  Defined.] 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  to  over- 
see and  direct  all  the  work  described  in  this  ordinance,  and  he  shall  direct  the 
manner  in  which  repairs  shall  be  made  in  accordance  with  the  regulations 
herein  provided,  or  which  may  be  hereafter  adopted,  so  that  the  work  shall 
be  performed  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  Superintendent  and  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Superintendent  to  cause  all  sur- 
plus material  from  said  work  to  be  removed  after  the  work  is  finished,  or  dur- 
ing its  progress,  by  the  parties  excavating  and  using  the  public  streets  for  the 
purposes  provided  and  regulated  by  this  Order,  and  the  General  Orders  of 
this  City  and  County  not  in  conflict  herewith. 

[Streets  opened  and  not  put  in  good  condition,  Superintendent  of  Streets  to  have  the  "Work 
done  at  the  cost  of  persons  laying  pipes.] 

Section  7.  In  the  event  that  the  streets  are  not  properly  excavated,  or 
filled,  or  paved,  or  planked,  or  macadamized,  or  put  in  proper  condition  in 


174  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

the  manner  and  at  the  time  and  as  provided  herein,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  to  cause  said  streets  to  be  properly  excavated, 
filled,  paved,  planked  or  macadamized,  or  put  in  proper  condition,  and 
all  surplus  or  waste  materials  from  said  excavations  and  fillings  to  be  immedi- 
ately removed;  and  he  shall  keep  an  account  of  the  expense  of  any  such  work 
and  certify  the  same  to  the  City  and  County  Attorney,  who  shall  immediately 
commence  the  proper  proceedings  to  collect  from  the  persons  or  company  so 
failing  to  put  said  streets  in  proper  condition  and  repair,  or  from  the  sureties 
npon  said  undertaking,  all  costs  and  charges  which  the  City  and  County  has 
been  put  to  or  has  paid,  as  herein  provided.  (As  amended  December  18th, 
1883,  by  Order  1,751.) 


[Form  of  Undertaking.] 

Sbction  8.  The  undertaking  to  be  given  under  the  provisions  of  this 
Order  shall  be  substantially  in  the  following  form : 

State  op  Calipoenia,  ) 

City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  (" 

The  undersigned  residents  and  householders  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  each  owning  real  estate,  standing  in  our  own  name,  exceeding  in 
value  ten  thousand  dollars,  as  appears  from  the  last  assessment  roll,  exclusive 
of  property  exempt  from  execution,  are  jointly  and  severally  bound  to  the 
aaid  City  and  County  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  in  manner  and  form 
as  follows: 

Whbeeas,  [Name  of  the  person  or  incorporated  company  in  full],  about  to 
lay  down  in  [describing  generally  the  proposed  work  to  be  done];  now  we 
the  undersigned  jointly  and  severally  undertake  that  all  said  work,  including 
excavating,  laying  pipe,  filling,  paving,  planking,  curbing,  macadamizing, 
.removing  debris  and  waste  and  other  material,  sllall  be  done  in  a  proper  and 
workmanlike  manner,  and  at  and  within  the  time  provided  in  Order  No.  [giv- 
ing number]  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  and  as  directed  by  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  of  said  City  either 
orally  or  in  writing;  and  we  agree  that  in  case  said  work  or  any  part  thereof 
is  not  done  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  Superintendent  of  Streets,  then  the 
said  Superintendent  may  cause  said  work  or  any  part  thereof  to  be  done  or 
repaired,  and  the  expense  thereof  we  hereby  bind  ourselves  jointly  and  sever- 
ally to  pay  or  repay  to  said  City  and  County  without  demand. 

Witness  our  hand  this day  of ,  188 — . 

Endorsed : 

Approved  this day  of ,  188 — . 

,  Mayor. 


BOARD  OF   SUPERVISORS.  175 


[Penalty.] 


Skction  9.  Any  person  or  incorporated  company  making  any  excavation 
or  disturbing  the  surface  of  any  public  street  or  thorougbfare  of  the  said  City 
and  County  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  fresh  water  or  artificial  light,  before 
the  undertaking  herein  provided  for  is  given  and  approved,  is  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not 
more  than  one  thousand  dollars  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  County  Jail  for  not 
more  than  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  September  4,  1882. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Supervisors  Bodfish,  McKew,  Shirley,  Carmany,  Molineux,  Torrens, 
Bradford,  Fisher,  Merrill,  Buss,  Parrish,  Kennedy. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  September  6,  1882. 

M.  C.  BLAKE, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Superviaorg. 


OEDEE  No.  1,694. 


PBOTIDINO  FOB  THE  CA.REYINQ  OF  A  BKLIi  OB  GONG  BT  ALL  STREET  CABS,  AND  FOB 
THE  SOUNDING  OF  THE  SAME  WHEN  APPROACHING  OB  PASSING  OVEB  THE  STBEBT 
OBOSSINGS;  ALSO  PBOHIBITING  CHILDBE'N  FBOM  GETTING  ON  OB  OFF  STBEKT 
CABS  OB   TBUOEB  WHEN  IN  MOTION. 

Th»  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Bells  or  Gongs  to   be   Carried   on  all   Street  Cars.] 

Section  1 .  Every  street  car,  grip  car  or  dummy  propelled  by  means  of 
wire  ropes  attached  to  stationary  steam  engines,  or  by  a  locomotive  engine, 
or  by  an  electric  motor,  plying  for  hire  over  and  upon  the  streets  of  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  shall  have  attached  thereto  a  bell  or  gong,  of 
a  size  and  weight  sufficient  to  insure  its  being  distinctly  heard  when  rung 
or  sounded  at  a  distance  of  at  least  100  feet.  And  the  person,  company  or 
corporation  owning  such  street  car,  grip  car  or  dummy,  who  shall  fail  or 
neglect  to  furnish  each  of  the  said  street  cars,  grip  cars  or  dummies  with 
the  necessary  bell  or  gong  provided  for  herein,  <^hall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed 
one  hundred  dollars. 


176  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[Bell  to  be  Rung  when  approaching  a  Crossing.] 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  engineer,  driver,  conductor  or 
person  in  charge  of  any  street  car,  train  of  street  cars,  grip  car  or  dummy 
propelled  by  means  of  wire  ropes  attached  to  stationary  steam  engines,  or  by 
a  locomotive  engine,  or  by  an  electric  motor,  to  permit  said  street  car,  train 
of  cars,  grip  car  or  dummy  to  approach  any  street  crossing  in  this  City  and 
County  within  a  distance  of  25  feet  without  ringing  a  bell  or  sounding  a 
gong,  which  bell  or  gong  must  be  rung  or  sounded  until  said  street  car,  train 
of  street  cars,  grip  car  or  dummy  shall  have  passed  over  said  street  crossing. 

[Penalty  for  Violation  of  Order.] 

Any  engineer,  driver,  conductor  or  person  in  charge  of  such  street  car  or 
train  of  street  cars,  grip  car  or  dummy,  who  shall  fail  or  neglect  to  ring  or 
sound  such  bell  or  gong  while  said  street  car,  train  of  cars,  grip  car  or  dummy 
is  in  motion  and  approaching  within  a  distance  of  25  feet  of,  or  passing  over 
any  street-crossing  within  this  City  and  County,  and  until  the  same  shall  have 
passed  over  said  street-crossing,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and,  on  conviction,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  more  than  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment. 

[Children  under  Sixteen  must  not  get  off  or  on  Street  Cars,  Wagons  or   Trucks  while  in 

Motion.— Penalty. 

Section'  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  child  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years, 
within  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  to  get  on  or  attempt  to  get  on, 
or  to  get  off  or  attempt  to  get  off  any  street  car,  train  of  street  cars,  grip  car 
or  dummy  propelled  by  wire  ropes  attached  to  stationary  steam  engines,  or 
by  a  locomotive  engine,  electric  motor,  horse  or  horses,  or  any  wagon  or 
truck  drawn  by  one  or  more  horses,  while  the  same  or  either  of  them  are  in 
motion.  And  any  child  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years  who  shall  violate  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  fifty  dollars,  or 
by  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  one  month,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  October  30,  1882. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Bodfish,  McKew,  Shirley,  Carmany,  Molineux,  Torrens,. 

Bradford,  Merrill,  Kuss,  Parrish,  Kennedy. 

Absent — Supervisor  Fisher. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 

The  above  Order,  No.  l,69i,  not  having  been  approved  by  his  Honor  the 
Iklayor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  or  retnmed  ta 


BOAKD   OF   SUPEKVISORS.  177 

this  Board  with  objections  thereto,  within  ten  days  of  the  date  of  presentation 
thereof,  has  become  valid  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  No. 
68  of  the  Consolidation  Act. 

San  Feancisco,  November  11,  1882. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 


OEDER  No.  1,704. 


CONCEENING   THE   EEMOVAL   OF    DEAD  ANIMALS  FEOM  TfiE   CITY  LIMITS. 

Whebeas,  On  the  11th  day  of  December,  a.  d.  1882,  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  passed  Resolution  No. 
16,0133^  (New  Series),  giving  to  Charles  Alpers  and  his  assigns  the  exclusive 
privilege  of  removing  the  carcasses  of  dead  animals  from  the  city  limits,  so 
that  the  same  may  not  become  a  nuisance,  for  the  period  of  twenty  years,  from 
and  after  the  first  day  of  December,  a.  d.  1882,  which  resolution  was  duly 
approved  on  the  15th  day  of  December,  a.  d.  1882;  now,  therefore. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Animals  Dying  within  City  Limits  to  be  Removed  by  Owner  within  Twelve  Hours,  or 
else  immediate  Notice  to  be  given  to  Charles  Alpers  to  Remove  the  same.] 

Section  1.  Whenever  any  horse,  ass,  mule,  swine,  sheep,  goat  or  cattle  of 
any  kind,  save  such  as  shall  be  killed  for  human  food,  shall  die  within  the 
limits  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  the  owner  thereof,  in  person, 
or  by  his  immediate  servant  or  employee,  and  not  otherwise,  or  the  person  in 
whose  possession  such  anipal  shall  be  at  the  time  of  his  death,  shall  remove 
and  dispose  of  the  same  in  such  manner  as  not  to  become  a  nuisance,  within 
twelve  hours  next  after  such  death  shall  occur;  or,  immediately  upon  such 
death,  shall  notify  said  Charles  Alpers  or  his  assigns,  in  person,  thereof  and  of 
the  place  where  such  carcass  may  be  found,  or  by  depositing  a  written  notice 
thereof  in  one  of  the  boxes  labeled  * '  Orders  for  the  Removal  of  Dead 
Animals,"  set  up  by  the  said  Charles  Alpers  or  his  assigns  at  the  New  City 
Hall,  Old  City  Hall  or  Health  Ofi&ce,  in  said  city  and  county.  Any  person 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  ton  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

12 


178  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

[No  person  but  the  Owner  or  Charles  Alpers  to  Remove  Dead  Animals.— Penalty.] 

Section  2.  Any  person  other  than  the  said  Charles  Alpers  or  his  assigns, 
or  the  owner,  by  himself  or  his  immediate  servant  or  employee,  or  the  person 
having  possession  of  any  animal  mentioned  in  the  preceding  Section  at  the 
time  of  its  death,  who  shall  remove  or  dispose  of  the  carcass  of  such  animal, 
unless  the  said  Alpers  and  his  assigns  shall  fail  to  do  so  within  twenty-four  hours 
after  notice  thereof,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars;  provided,  the  term  servant 
and  employee,  whenever  herein  expressed,  shall  in  no  manner  be  construed 
so  as  to  include  a  contractor  or  other  person  not  actually  employed  by  and 
under  the  direct  supervision,  control  and  direction  of  such  owner  or  person. 

[All  Persons  Prohibited  from  Interfering  with  Charles  Alpers  in  his  Removal  of  Carcasses.— 

Penalty.] 

Section  3.  Any  person  who  shall  obstruct,  hinder  or  in  any  manner 
interfere  with  the  said  Charles  Alpers  or  his  assigns  in  the  removal  or  dis- 
position of  the  carcass  of  any  animal  mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this  Order, 
by  intercepting  any  notice  herein  mentioned,  or  by  putting  up  or  maintaining 
any  order  box  for  the  receipt  of  notices  for  the  removal  of  such  carcasses,  or 
by  soliciting  in  person,  by  agent,  or  by  advertising,  or  by  maintaining  any 
stand  for  trucks  or  drays  used  for  the  purpose  of  such  removal,  or  otherwise, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not  more  than  three 
months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

[Pound-keeper  and  all  Health  and  Police  Officers  to  notify  Charles  Alpers  to  Remove 
Carcasses  of  Animals.] 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  keeper  of  the  public  pounds  of 
said  city  and  county  to  notify  said  Alpers  or  his  assigns  to  remove  the  car- 
casses of  all  animals  destroyed  by  him,  and  of  all  the  Health  and  Police 
Officers  of  said  city  and  county  to  give  the  notices  provided  for  in  Section  1 
hereof,  whenever  the  death  of  any  animal  therein  named  shall  come  to  their 
knowledge. 

[Bond  of  $1,000  to  be  given  by  Charles  Alpers.] 

Section  5,  The  said  Charles  Alpers  or  his  assigns  shall  give  to  the  People 
of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  a  good  and  sufficient  bond  in  the 
sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  with  two  or  more  sufficient  sureties,  for  the  due 
and  faithful  performance  by  him  or  them,  without  compensation  from  or 
expense  to  said  city  and  county,  of  all  the  conditions  imposed  upon  him  or 
them  by  this  Order  and  the  Resolution  aforesaid. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  179 

[Order  takes  effect.] 
Section  6.    This  Order  shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its  approval. 
In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  December  26,  1882. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes— Supervisors  Bodfish,  McKew,  Carmany,  Molineux,  Torrens,  Brad- 
ford, Fisher,  Merrill,  Euss,  Parrish,  Kennedy. 
No— Supervisor  Shirley. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL.  Clerk. 

The  above  Order,  No.  1,704,  not  having  been  approved  by  his  Honor  the 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  or  returned  to 
this  Board  with  objections  thereto,  within  ten  days  of  the  date  of  presenta- 
tion thereof,  has  become  valid  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section 
No.  68  of  the  Consolidation  Act. 

San  Feancisco,  January  8,  1883, 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk. 


OEDEK  No.  1,727. 


PROVIDING  FOE   THE    EEECTION   AND   MAINTENANCE   OP  STEEET   GUIDES  THEOUGH- 
OUT  THE    CITY   AND   COUNTT   OF  SAN   FEANCISCO. 

ThePeople  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 
[Owners  of  Real  Estate  on  Corner  Lots  to  erect  Street  Guides.] 

Section  1.  All  owners  of  real  estate  cornering  on  the  crossings  or  inter- 
sections of  any  streets,  avenues,  lanes,  alleys,  places  or  courts  within  this 
city  and  county,  are  hereby  required  to  erect  and  maintain  at  their  own  cost 
and  expense  street  guides  upon  the  corners  of  their  said  property,  indicating 
the  names  of  the  intersecting  streets,  etc.,  in  accordance  with  the  following 
regulations : 

[How  to  be  placed  when  Corner  liots  are  built  upon  flush  with  line  of  Street.] 

First — When  the  corner  lot  on  any  street-crossing  or  intersection  shall  have 
built  thereon  any  premises,  the  front  lines  of  which  are  flush  with  the  build- 
ing lines  of  the  streets  on  which  said  premises  front,  street-guides  shall  be 
placed  thereon  at  a  hight  of  ten  feet  above  the  sidewalk,  said  guides  to  indicate 


180  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

^  I 

the  name  of  the  street  upon  which  they  front,  in  plain  letters  of  not  less  than 
three  (3)  inches  in  length,  to  be  either  painted  upon  the  side  of  said  premi- 
ses or  upon  a  tablet,  and  affixed  to  said  building. 

[How  to  be  Placed  when  Buildings  on  Corner  Lots  are  not  flush  with  Line  of  Street.] 

Second — On  corners  of  streets  where  the  buildings  are  not  built  out  to  the 
line  of  the  street,  or  where  the  corner  lot  is  unimproved,  the  guides  shall  be 
affixed  to  a  post  placed  on  the  corner  of  the  crossing  immediately  without 
the  lines  of  the  intersecting  streets,  at  the  hight  of  ten  feet  above  the  side- 
walk. 

[How  to  be  Placed  when  Comer  Lot  is  enclosed  with  Board  Fence.] 

Third — When  the  lot  on  the  corner  of  any  street-crossing  or  intersection 
is  enclosed  by  a  board  fence  of  the  height  of  ten  feet  or  upwards,  the  street- 
guides  shall  be  either  painted  upon  the  said  fence  or  attached  thereto  as  in 
the  case  of  buildings  built  out  to  the  line  of  the  street. 

^Guides  when  Erected  to  Plainly  Indicate  the  Names  of  Streets,  etc.,  on  which  they  Front. J 

Fourth — The  street-guides  contemplated  and  provided  for  in  this  Order 
shall,  when  in  position,  plainly  indicate  the  name  of  the  street,  avenue,  lane, 
alley,  place  or  court  upon  which  they  front,  and  shall  be  kept  by  the  owner  of 
the  property  upon  the  corner  of  which  they  are  erected  in  a  good  state  of 
repair. 

[Superintendent  of  Streets  to  Notify  Owners  of  Comer  Lots  to  Comply  with  Provisions  of 

this  Order.] 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets 
to  notify  the  owners  of  all  corner  lots  within  the  city  and  county  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Order,  and  all  persons  who  shall  fail,  refuse  or 
neglect,  when  so  notified  by  said  Superintendent  of  Streets,  to  comply  with 
the  provisions  of  this  Order  within  ten  days  of  the  date  of  the  service  of 
said  notice,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction, 
be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  twenty  dollars. 

[flemoval  of  Guides  Prohibited— Penalty.] 

Section  3.  A.ny  person  or  persons  who  shall,  without  authority,  take  down 
or  remove,  or  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  deface,  or  in  any  manner 
destroy  any  of  the  said  street-guides  herein  provided  for,  after  they  shall 
have  been  erected  or  placed  in  position,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  upon  conviction,  shall  for  each  and  every  such  offense  be 


BOARD   OF  SUPERVISORS.  181 

punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  less  than  one  week  nor  more  than  one 
month,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  August  13,  1883. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
xip  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Sullivan,  Eeichenbach,  Shirley,  Burton,  Lewis,  James, 
Asjji  worth. 

Noes— Supervisors  Griffin,  Strother,  Kanken. 
Excused  from  Voting — Supervisor  Pond. 
Absent — Supervisor  Smith. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  August  14,  1883. 

WASHINGTON  BARTLETT, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OEDER  No.  1,738. 


PROHIBITING  THE  LANDING  FEOM  ANY  VESSEL  OP  PEESONS  AFFLICTED  WITH 
LEPBOST  OB  ELEPHANTIASIS  WITHIN  THE  BAY  OF  SAN  FEANOISCO,  AND  PBO- 
VIDING  FOB   THE    EEMOVAL    OF    PERSONS    SO    AFFLICTED   TO   THE   LAZABBTTO. 

[Preamble.] 

Whebeas,  The  public  welfare  demands  that  some  action  be  taken  to  prevent 
the  landing  of  persons  within  this  city  and  county  afflicted  with  the  diseases 
known  as  leprosy  or  elephantiasis,  which  diseases  are,  in  the  judgment  of  this 
Board,  contagious  under  certain  circumstances  and  conditions;  and 

Whereas,  In  view  of  the  dreadful  results  of  said  diseases,  every  means 
Justifiable  for  the  protection  and  preservation  of  life  should  be  taken  by  this 
Board  to  prevent  the  free  and  unrestricted  coming  of  persons  from  foreign 
ports  who  are  so  afflicted;  therefore 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows  : 
[No  Leper  or  Person  afflicted  with  Elephantiasis  to  Land  from  any  Ship  or  Boat.] 

Section  1.  No  person  afflicted  with  the  diseases  known  as  leprosy  or 
elephantiasis  shall,  upon  any  pretext  whatsoever,  be  permitted  to  land  from 
any  vessel  or  boat  upon  the  shore  or  within  the  limits  of  the  City  and 
••County  of  San  Francisco . 


182  GENEEAL  ORDEES  OF  THE 

[Captains,  Officers,  Owners,  Consignees  or  Agents  of  Vessels   arriving   to  prevent  the 
Landing  of  Lepers  from  such  Vessels.] 

Section  2,  No  captain  or  other  oflScer  in  command  of  any  vessel  arriving 
at  the  port  of  San  Francisco,  nor  any  owner,  consignee,  agent,  or  other  per- 
son having  charge  of  such  vessel,  shall  land  or  permit  to  leave  said  vessel,  in 
this  port,  any  person  afflicted  v^ith  the  diseases  known  as  leprosy  or  elephan- 
tiasis. 

[Captains  or  other  Persons  having  control  of  Vessels  arriving,  or  in  the  Harbor,  having 
Leprosy,  etc.,  on  Board,  to  report  the  same  to  Quarantine  Officer  within  twenty-four 
hours  of  the  arrival.] 

Section  3.  All  captains  or  other  officers  bringing  vessels  into  the  harbor 
of  San  Francisco,  and  all  masters,  owners,  or  consignees  having  vessels  in 
the  harbor  which  have  on  board  any  cases  of  leprosy  or  elephantiasis,  shall, 
within  twenty-four  hours  after  the  arrival  of  said  vessels,  report  the  same  in 
writing  to  the  Quarantine  Officer,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  they  or  either  of 
them  become  aware  of  the  existence  of  said  disease  on  board  of  their  vessels; 
the  said  report  to  state  the  name,  place  of  birth,  last  residence,  age  and  occu- 
pation of  all  such  persons  so  afflicted. 

[All  Persons  Prohibited  from  Assisting  in  Landing  of  Lepers,  etc.] 

Section  4.  No  person  or  persons  shall,  directly  or  indirectly,  assist  or  be^ 
a  party  to  the  removal  from  any  vessel  in  this  harbor  to  the  shore,  or  transfer 
from  one  vessel  to  another  vessel  lying  in  this  port,  any  person  or  persons 
afflicted  with  the  diseases  known  as  leprosy  or  elephantiasis. 


Captains  or  Officers  of  Vessels  arriving  who  have  knowingly  Permitted  the  Embarkation 
of  Lepers  on  their  Vessel,  guilty  of  Misdemeanor.] 

Section  5.  Any  captain  or  other  officer  in  command  of  any  vessel  arriv- 
ing at  the  port  of  San  Francisco  who  shall  have  knowingly  received  on  board 
said  vessel  at  the  port  of  embarkation,  for  transportation  to  this  city  and 
county,  any  person  afflicted  with  the  diseases  known  as  leprosy  or  elephanti- 
asis shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall 
be  punished  as  hereinafter  provided. 

[AH  Persons  Prohibited  from  Harboring  Lepers.] 

Section  6.  No  person  shall  keep,  aid,  or  assist  in  keeping  in  any  house, 
tenement,  or  in  any  place  in  this  city  and  county  (except  in  the  lazaretto  or 
lepers'  quarters  designated  by  this  Board),  any  person  afflicted  with  or  having: 
the  diseases  known  as  leprosy  or  elephantiasis. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERYISORS.  183 

[Penalty.] 

Section  7.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Order  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  hundred  dollars,  and  not  more 
than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  not  less 
than  six  months  nor  more  than  twelve  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  September  24,  1883. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors    Sullivan,    Shirley,     Burton,    Smith,     Pond,     Griffin, 
Strother,  Lewis,  Ranken,  James,  Ashworth. 
Absent — Supervisor  Eeichenbach. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  September  26,  1883. 

WASHINGTON  BARTLETT, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OEDEE  No.  1,750. 


PROHIBITING  PERSONS  FROM  BREAKING  OR  INJURING  PUBLIC  DRINKING  FOUNTAINS, 
OR  REMOVING  ANT  OF  THE  CUPS,  ORNAMENTS,  CHAINS,  OR  OTHER  PORTIONS  OF 
SAID  F0T7NTAINS,  ETC. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 
[Breaking.  Injuring  or  Dismantling  Public  Drinking  Fountains  Prohibited.] 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  break  or  injure,  any  public  drinking  fountain 
in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  or  any  of  the  appurtenances,  cups, 
ornaments  or  chains,  or  other  portions  of  said  fountains. 

No  person  shall  carry  off",  or  sell  or  purchase  or  have  in  his  possession  un- 
less it  is  shown  that  such  possession  is  innocent  or  for  a  lawful  purpose,  any 
of  the  cups,  ornaments,  chains  or  other  appurtenances  belonging  to  public 
drinking  fountains. 


184  GENERAL   ORDERS   OF   THE 

[Penalty, 

Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

[Half  Fine  Inflicted  goes  to  Informer.] 

One-half  of  any  fine  collected  for  a  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Order,  shall  be  paid  by  the  clerk  of  the  Police  Judges'  Courts  to  the  per- 
son or  persons  who  caused  the  arrest  and  punishment  of  the  party  convicted 
of  said  violation. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  December  10,  1883. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes — Supervisors  Sullivan,  Keichenbach,  Shirley,  Burton,  Smith,  Pond, 
Grififin,  Strother,  Lewis,  James,  Ashworth. 
Excused  from  Voting — Supervisor  Ranken. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  December  11,  1883. 

WASHINGTON  BARTLETT, 
Mayor  and  ex-oflficio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OEDER  No.  1,755. 


PEOVIDING  POB  THE  REOONSTBUOTION  OP  CEETAIN  SEWERS  FOE  SANITARY  PURPOSES. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows  : 

[Duty  of  Health  Officer  in  regard  to  Nuisances  caused  by  Faulty  Construction  or  Decay  of 

Wooden  Sewers.] 

Section  1.  Whenever  it  shall  become  apparent  to  the  Health  Officer  that 
any  wooden  sewer  in  this  City  and  County  is  below  the  official  grade,  or  has, 
from  decay  or  improper  construction,  or  any  other  cause,  become  unfit  and 
worthless  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  off  the  sewage  discharging  into  other 
sewers  having  an  outlet  into  the  Bay,  and  as  a  result  of  such  decay,  improper 
construction  or  other  cause  that  a  nuisance  is  created  by  the  retention  and 
accumulation  of  sewage  matter  in  such  sewer  which  should  be  carried  off,  it 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  185 

shall  be  his  duty  to  immediately  report  the  same  to  the  Board  of  Health,  who 
shall  forthwith  notify  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  of  the  existence  of  such 
defective  or  decayed  sewer  and  of  the  nuisance  caused  thereby. 

[Duty  of  Superintendent  of  Streets.— Must  notify  Property- owners  fronting  on  Street  where 
Sewer  is  faulty,  to  reconstruct  the  same.J 

Section  2.  Upon  receipt  from  the  Board  of  Health  of  such  notice  as 
aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  and 
he  shall  forthwith  notify  in  writing  the  owners,  tenants  or  occupants  of  lots 
fronting  upon  that  portion  of  any  street,  lane,  alley,  avenue,  place  or  court 
in  which  said  defective  sewer  is  situated,  requiring  them,  and  each  of  them, 
to  cause  a  brick,  ironstone  or  Portland  cement  pipe  sewer  to  be  constructed 
in  said  portion  of  said  street,  lane,  alley,  avenue,  place  or  court,  in  lieu  of 
said  defective  wooden  sewer,  and  to  reconstruct  and  set  to  the  official  grade 
any  and  all  sewers  and  drainage  pipe  connecting  such  buildings  and  dwelling 
houses  so  draining  into  said  defective  or  decayed  sewer  or  sewers;  and  until 
such  work  so  ordered  done  is  constructed  and  completed,  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  the  owners,  tenants  or  occupants  to  use  said  defective  drains  or  sewers  for 
draining  the  contents  of  privies,  vaults,  sinks,  etc.,  from  said  premises, 
except  the  same  be  confined  in  circular-shaped  brick  vaults  on  the  private 
property  so  affected  of  at  least  six  feet  in  diameter  and  four  feet  in  depth, 
sunk  below  the  grade  of  the  lot  on  which  it  is  built,  and  the  top  to  be  tightly 
covered  over  with  two-inch  redwood  boards  or  crowned  off  in  brick,  and  to 
have  an  air-tight  opening  of  convenient  size  for  emptying  and  cleaning  the 
same,  except  where  openings  are  required  for  privies  or  pipes  from  sinks 
entering  therein;  the  bottom  of  all  vaults  to  be  bowl-shaped,  the  brick  work 
to  be  at  least  eight  inches  thick,  and  to  be  laid  in  cement,  and  the  inside  of 
the  vault  to  be  finished  with  a  coat  of  cement  mortar,  and  all  pipes  or 
sewers  draining  into  the  same  to  be  properly  trapped,  and  each  privy  to  have 
a  galvanized  iron  or  leaden  pipe  at  least  five  inches  in  width  for  ventilation, 
extending  from  under  the  privy  seat  to  at  least  six  feet  above  the  roof  of  the 
building  and  the  adjoining  buildings. 

[Duty  of  Property-owners.— Within  fifteen  days  after  Notification,  must  commence 
Reconstruction  of  Sewer  under  the  direction  of  said  Superintendent.] 

The  said  owners,  tenants  or  occupants  of  said  lots  as  aforesaid  shall  there- 
upon, within  a  period  of  fifteen  days  after  such  notice  in  writing  shall  hav# 
been  so  served  by  the  said  Superintendent,  commence  to  construct,  or  cause 
the  construction  to  be  commenced,  of  said  sewer,  of  such  material,  size  and 
description  as  may  have  been  designated  by  said  Superintendent  in  his  notice 
aforesaid,  and  shall  continuously  prosecute  the  construction  of  such  sewer  to 
completion.  The  said  sewer  to  be  in  all  cases  constructed  under  the  super- 
vision and  direction  of  said  Superintendent  of  Streets  or  one  of  his  deputies. 


186  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

and  in  accordance  with  specifications  to  be  furnished  by  him,  a  copy  of  which 
shall  accompany  and  form  a  portion  of  the  notice  herein  provided  for.  And 
upon  completion  of  said  sewer  the  owners,  tenants  or  occupants  of  lots  or 
portions  of  lots  fronting  upon  that  portion  of  said  street,  lane,  alley,  avenue, 
place  or  court  wherein  said  sewer  shall  have  been  constructed  shall  cause  that 
portion  of  the  roadway  thereof  in  front  of  the  lots  or  portions  of  lots  so 
occupied  or  owned  by  them,  or  which  are  under  their  control,  which  may 
have  been  dug  up  and  disturbed  in  the  process  of  the  construction  of  said 
sewer,  to  be  filled  in  and  put  in  good  order  and  condition  from  the  curb  line 
of  said  street,  lane,  alley,  avenue,  place  or  court  nearest  to  said  lots  or 
portions  of  lots,  to  the  center  line  of  said  street,  lane,  alley,  avenue,  place 
or  court. 

[Service  of  Notice  by  Deputies  deemed  to  be  Notification  of  Superintendent.] 

Section  3.  All  notices,  the  service  of  which,  as  provided  for  in  this  Order 
to  be  made  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares, 
shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  so  served  by  said  Superintendent  if  the  same 
shall  have  been  delivered  by  any  of  his  regularly  and  legally  authorized 
deputies. 

[Failure  to  comply  with  Provisions  of  this  Order  a  Misdemeanor.— Penalty.] 

Section  4.  Any  owner,  tenant  or  occupant  of  any  lot  or  portion  of  lot 
fronting  upon  that  portion  of  any  street,  lane,  alley,  avenue,  place  or  court 
in  which  any  defective  wooden  sewer  is  situated,  who,  after  notification  by 
the  Superintendent  of  Streets,  as  provided  in  Section  2  of  this  Order,  shall 
fail  or  neglect  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  said  Section  2,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  two 
hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  three  months,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  5.  Order  No.  1,669,  providing  for  the  reconstruction  of  certain 
sewers  for  sanitary  purposes,  is  hereby  repealed. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  January  21,  1884. 
After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
^p  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes— Supervisors  Sullivan,  Reichenbach,  Shirley,  Burton,  Smith,  Pond, 
Griffin,  Strother,  Lewis,  "tlanken,  James,  Ashworth. 

JNO.  A.  RUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  January  22,  1884. 

WASHINGTON  BARTLETT, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


BOARD   OF   SUPERYISORS.  187 

ORDEE  No.  1,764. 


PROHIBITING  PERSONS  FROM  TAKING  OPIUM   INTO   PUBLIC  INSTITUTIONS. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Any  person  who  shall  without  permission  of  the  physician  in 
charge,  bring  opium  in  any  form,  or  have  in  his  possession  any  opium  in  any 
Jail,  Prison,  Station  House,  Hospital,  Alms  House,  Industrial  School,  House 
of  Correction,  or  any  other  public  institution  in  the  City  and  County  of  San 
Francisco,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment 
not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  2.  This  Order  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  on  and  after  it* 
passage. 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  March  10,  1884. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes— Supervisors  Keichenbach,  Shirley,  Burton,  Pond,  Griffin,  Strother, 
Lewis,  Ranken,  Ashworth. 
Absent — Supervisors  Sullivan,  Smith,  James. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  March  11,  1884. 

WASHINGTON  BARTLETT, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


ORDER  No.  1,766. 


PROHIBITING  THE  SALE  OF  THEATER  OR  OPERA  TICKETS  BY  ANT  PERSON  WITHOUT 
A  LICENSE,  AS  HEREIN  PROVIDED,  AT  ANY  PLACE  EXCEPT  IN  THE  OFFICE  OP 
THE   MANAGEMENT   OF  THE    THEATER,    ETC. 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Peddlers  of  Tickets  for  Theater,  Opera,  or  any  place  of  Amusement  or  Entertainment,  must 
procure  a  "  Ticket  Peddler's  License."] 

Section  1.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  sell  in  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco,  any  theater  ticket  or  opera  ticket,  or  ticket  of 


188  GENERAXi  ORDERS   OF  THE 

admission  to  a  place  of  amusement  or  entertainment,  at  any  place  other  than 
the  office  of  the  management  of  said  theater,  place  of  amusement  or  enter- 
tainment, without  first  having  taken  out  and  obtained  and  then  in  force  a 
license  to  be  known  as  a  Ticket  Peddler's  License. 

[Rate  of  License  $100  per  Month.] 

Section  2.  Said  license  shall  be  issued  by  the  Collector  of  Licenses  at 
the  rate  of  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  per  month  for  each  license. 

[License  must  be  Exhibited  on  Demand  of  any  Officer  of  License  Department,  or  any  Peace 

Officer.] 

Section  3.  Every  person  having  a  Ticket  Peddler's  License,  and  every 
person  engaged  in  the  business  of  peddling  theater,  opera  or  amusement 
tickets,  shall,  on  the  demand  of  any  officer  of  the  License  Department,  or  peace 
officer,  produce  and  exhibit  the  same. 

[Penalty  for  Violation  of  this  Order.] 

Section  4.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order,  shall 
"be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000),  or  by  imprisonment  not 
more  than  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 
In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  IVIarch  24:th,  1884. 
After  having  beeu  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
up  and  passed  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes— Supervisors  Eeichenbach,  Shirley,  Burton,  Smith,  Pond,  Griffin, 
Xewis,  Ranken,  James,  Ash  worth. 

Absent—Supervisors  Sullivan,  Strother. 

JNO.  A.  KUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  March  25th,  1884. 

WASHINGTON  BARTLETT, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


OKDEE  No.  1,767, 


EEQCrLA.TING  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  AND  MAINTENANCE  OF  PUBLIC  LAUNDBIES 
AND  PUBLIC  WASH-HOUSES  WITHIN  CERTAIN  LIMITS  IN  THE  CITY  AND 
COUNTY   OF   SAN   FJBANCISCO. 

[Preamble.] 

Whebbas,  The  indiscriminate  establishment  of  public  laundries  and  public 
\rash-houses,  where  clothes  and  other  articles  are  cleansed  for  hire,  is  injuri- 
ous and  dangerous  to  public  health  and  public  safety,  and  prejudicial  to  the 


BOARD   OP   SUPERVISORS.  18^ 

•well-being  and  comfort  of  the  commTimty,  and  depreciates  the  value  of 
property  in  those  neighborhoods  where  such  public  laundries  and  such  public 
wash-houses  are  situate; 

Under  and  in  conformity  to  the  authority  vested  by  Section  11  of  Article 
XI,  of  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  California,  and  of  Subdivision  9  of 
Section  74  of  an  Act  entitled,  ' '  An  Act  to  repeal  the  several  charters  of  the 
City  of  San  Francisco,  to  establish  the  boundaries  of  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  to  consolidate  the  government  thereof,"  approved  April 
19, 1856,  and  the  several  Acts  ameiMlatory  thereto  and  supplementary  thereof: 

The  People  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  do  ordain  as  follows: 

[Limits  Defined.] 

Section  1.  On  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Order  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  or  persons  to  establish,  maintain  or  carry  on  the  business  of  a 
public  laundry  or  a  public  wash-house,  where  clothes  or  other  articles  are 
cleansed  for  hire,  within  that  portion  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco lying  and  being  within  the  following  boundaries :  Commencing  at  the 
intersection  of  Devisadero  street  with  the  waters  of  the  Bay  of  San  Fran- 
cisco; thence  following  the  bay  shore  easterly  and  southerly  to  the  easterly 
end  of  Channel  street;  thence  along  Channel  street  in  a  westerly  direction  to 
Potrero  avenue;  thence  southerly  along  Potrero  avenue  to  Army  street; 
thence  westerly  along  Army  street  to  Dolores  street;  thence  northerly  along 
Dolores  street  to  and  across  Market  street  to  Ridley  street;  thence  westerly 
along  Eidley  street  to  Devisadero  street;  and  thence  northerly  along  Devisa- 
dero street  to  the  bay  and  point  of  commencement,  without  having  first  com- 
plied with  the  conditions  hereinafter  specified. 

[Persons  Conducting  Laundries   must   obtain  Certificates  from   Health   Officer  and  Fire 
"Wardens  as  to  the  Condition  of  Premises.] 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  conduct  or 
maintain  a  public  laundry  or  wash-house  within  the  district  named  in  Section 
1  of  this  Order,  without  having  first  obtained  a  certificate  signed  by  the 
Health  Officer  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  that  the  premises 
are  properly  and  sufficiently  drained,  and  that  all  proper  arrangements  for 
carrying  on  the  business  without  injury  to  the  sanitary  condition  of  the 
neighborhood  have  been  complied  with,  and  particularly  that  the  provisions 
of  Section  4  of  Order  No.  1,587  of  this  Board  have  been  complied  with;  also, 
a  certificate  signed  by  the  Board  of  Fire  Wardens  of  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  that  the  stoves,  washing  and  drying  apparatus,  and  the 
appliances  for  heating  smoothing-irons  are  in  good  condition,  and  that  their 
use  is  not  dangerous  to  the  surrounding  property  from  fire,  and  that  all 
proper  precautions  have  been  taken  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  Order 


190  GENERAL  ORDERS  OF  THE 

No.  1,752,  "  to  define  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco, 
and  making  regulations  concerning  the  erection  and  use  of  buildings  in  said 
City  and  County." 


{Certificates  of  Health  Officer  and  Board  of  Fire  Wardens  in  regard  to  Laundries,  etc.— 
No  charge  to  be  made  therefor. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Health  Officer,  also  of  the  Board 
of  Fire  Wardens,  respectively,  upon  application  from  any  person  or  persons 
proposing  to  open  or  conduct  the  business  of  a  public  laundry  within  that 
portion  of  this  City  and  County  designated  and  described  in  Section  1  of  this 
Order,  to  inspect  the  premises  in  which  it  is  proposed  to  carry  on  said  busi- 
ness, or  in  which  said  business  is  being  carried  on,  with  a  view  to  ascertain- 
ing whether  the  said  premises  are  provided  with  proper  drainage  and  sanitary 
appliances;  also,  whether  the  provision  of  Order  No.  1,752  of  this  Board 
has  been  complied  with,  and  if  found  in  all  respects  satisfactory,  then  to 
issue  to  said  applicants  the  certificates  provided  for  in  Section  2  of  this 
Order. 

No  charge  whatever  shall  be  made  or  compensation  or  fee  collected  or 
received  for  the  performance  of  any  of  the  services  required  by  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Order,  in  the  inspection  of  premises  or  the  issuance  of  a  cer- 
tificate, but  all  such  services  shall  be  performed  free  of  charge. 

[Times  at  which  Laundry  Work  may  not  be  Performed.] 

Section  4.  No  person  or  persons  owning  or  employed  in  the  public 
laundries  or  public  wash-houses  provided  for  in  Section  1  of  this  Order,  shall 
wash  or  iron  clothes  between  the  hours  of  10  o'clock  p.  m.  and  6  o'clock  a.  m., 
nor  upon  any  portion  of  that  day  known  as  Sunday. 

[No  Person  suffering  from  Infectious  Disease  to  be  permitted  to  sleep,  lodge  or  remain 
in  any  Public  Laundry,] 

Section  5.  No  person  or  persons  engaged  in  the  laundry  business  within 
that  portion  of  this  City  described  in  Section  1  of  this  Order  shall  permit 
any  person  suffering  from  any  infectious  or  contagious  disease  to  lodge, 
sleep  or  remain  within  or  upon  the  premises  used  by  him,  her  or  them  for 
the  purposes  of  a  public  laundry. 

[Penalty.] 

Section  6.  Any  person  or  persons  establishing,  maintaining  or  carrying 
on  the  business  of  a  public  laundry  or  a  public  wash-house,  where  clothes  or 
other  articles  are  cleansed  for  hire,  within  the  limits  of  this  City  and  County, 
as  described  in  Section  1  of  this  Order,  without  first  having  complied  with  the 
provisions  of  Section  2  of  this  Order,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 


BOARD   OF   SUPERVISORS.  191 

upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one 
thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  of  not  more  than  six  months,  or  by 
both;  and  any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  Sections  4 
and  5  of  this  Order,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  more  than  one  month,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

(Certificates   of   Health   Of&cer  and  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  to  be  exhibited  in  a 

Conspicuous  Place.] 

Section  7.  The  certificates  from  the  Health  Officer  and  the  Board  of  Fire 
Wardens,  as  required  by  Section  2  of  this  Order,  shall  be  exhibited  in  some 
conspicuous  place  on  the  premises,  and  the  same  shall  be  produced  on  the 
demand  of  any  officer  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

[Police  to   enforce  Provisions  of  Order.] 

Section  8.  The  Police  authorities  are  hereby  directed  to  have  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Order  strictly  enforced. 

[Repeal  of  all  Conflicting  Orders.] 

Section  9.  Order  No.  1,691,  and  all  Orders  or  parts  of  Orders  in  conflict 
-with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Order,  are  hereby  repealed . 

In  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  .April  7,  1884. 

After  having  been  published  five  successive  days,  according  to  law,  taken 
np  and  passed  by  the  following  vote : 

Ayes — Supervisors  Sullivan,  Eeichenbach,  Shirley,  Burton,  Smith,  Pond, 
Griffin,  Strother,  Lewis,  Ranken,  James,  Ashworth. 
Absent — Supervisor  Pond. 

JNO.  A.  EUSSELL,  Clerk. 
Approved,  San  Francisco,  April  8,  1884. 

WASHINGTON  BARTLETT, 
Mayor  and  ex-officio  President  Board  of  Supervisors. 


INDHX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


Jcids,  manufacture  prohibited  with- 
in certain  districts 152 

Adulteration  of  Oils,  prohibited 154 

Advertisements,  Bills,  etc.,  lawfully 
posted  by  licensed  "  Bill  Poster  " 
shall  not  be  defaced  or  obliter- 

ated,  etc.,  for  ten  days 16 

shall  not  be  posted,  painted  or 
stamped  upon  any  fence,  gate- 
post, wall  or  building,  etc.,  with- 
out the  consent  of  the  owner,  etc.  16 
shall  be  removed  at  the  request  of 
the  owner  of  the  premises  where 

posted,  etc 16 

signs  or  flags  shall  not  extend  or 
project  over  the  line  of  streets 

or  sidewalks 43 

of  trades,  callings  or  business  shall 
not  be  carried  or  borne  on  the 

sidewalks,  etc 15 

shall  not  be  posted  or  painted  on 

telegraph  poles 31 

Air  Guns,  prohibiting  the    use  of, 

and  penalty 34. 

Aisles  and  Passage-ways,  in  buildings 
used  for  public  assemblages  to 
be  kept  clear  of  obstruction     . .  150 

Alleys,  lanes,  places,  courts  and  pub- 
lic streets  and  highways,  defined  60 

Alms  House,  admission  to 109 

duties  of  Superintendent,  etc 110 

liquor  must  not  be  taken  into 28 

relating  to 109-110 

report  to  be  made  monthly 109 

persons  begging,  etc.,  may  be  com- 

mittedto...     25 

maimed  or  deformed  persons  ex- 
posing themselves,  may  be  com- 
mitted to 25 

Animals,  to  be  advertised  by  Pound 

Keeper 95 

diseased,  etc.,  sale  of,  prohibited.         105 
or  articles  exhibited  in  market.etc, 

to  be  deemed  as  offered  for  sale..  105 

impounded,  etc.,  by  Pound-keeper, 
etc 94-98 

13 


PAGE. 

Animals— 
impounded,    sale    of,   by   Pound 

Keeper 96 

impounded,    redemption    of,    by 

owner gg 

slaughtering    of,    within   certain 

limits,  prohibited 12-13 

trespassing,  may  be  taken  and  de- 
livered to  Pound  Keeper 95 

or  articles  unfit  for  human  food, 

etc.,  sale  of,  prohibited 105 

must  not  be  fastened  or  hitched  to 

lamp-post,  hydrant  or  tree 18 

etc.,  left  unhitched  or  improperly 

hitched,  may  be  impounded 18 

must  not  be  washed  within  certain 

limits 17 

must   not   stand  ou  or  obstruct 

street  crossings 18 

persons  driving  or  using  on  public 
thoroughfares,  to  obey  the  or- 
ders of  police  officers 7-8 

carcasses  of,  used  for  food,  to  be 
transported  through  the  streets 
in  covered  wagons  or  carts..   .  33 

dead,  removal  of 177 

Apparel  or  dress,  must  not  be  worn, 
efxcept  belonging  to  the  sex  of 

the  person,  etc 21 

Areas  and  Vaults,  how  constructed..  41 
Arson,  reward  for  the  arrest  of  of- 
fender           160 

Ashes,  must  not  be  placed  or  kept  in 

wooden  vessel 147 

Assemblage,  lawful,  shall  not  be  dis- 
turbed   21 

of   people    for    funeral    purposes 

shall  not  be  disturbed 21 

of  minors  on  streets  between  8 
o'clock  p.  M.  and  daylight  pro- 
hibited...   31 

Astrologers,  seers,  etc.,  defined 88 

amount  of  license 73 

Auditor,  duties  of,  respecting  licen- 
ses   91 

to  be  furnished  with  the  necessary 

blanks 91 

to  issue  licenses  to  Collector  of 
Licenses gj 


194 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


PAGE. 

Awnings,  shades  and  balconies,  con- 
struction of 42  448 


Badges  of  ofi&ce  and  uniforms,  mem- 
bers of  police  force  shall  provide, 

etc 4 

etc,    of   the    Police    Department 
shall  not  be  worn  'with  intent  to 

deceive,  etc 4 

of  Pound  Keeper  and  deputies ....      97-98 
must  be  worn  by  runners  and  hack- 
men  68-69 

Balconies,  awnings  and  shades,  con- 
struction of 42-148 

Ball  playing  in  public  streets  pro- 
hibited        23-24 

Balls,  given  or  held  in  drinking  eel- 
lars,  employment  of  females 
thereat,  prohibited 26 

Banker,  broker,  house    broker    and 

real  estate  agent,  rate  of  license.      73-74 

Banking  game,  implements  for  play- 
ing, possession  of,  prohibited . . .      27-28 

Banners,  prohibiting  hauling  of  on 

vehicles 15-16 

Barriers,  must  be   erected    around 

dangerous  portions  of  street,  etc.  45 
must  be  erected  in  front  of  prem- 
ises below  grade  45 

for  the  protection  of  trees,  not  to 

be  considered  obstructions 44 

Bar-rooms,  etc.,  employment  of  fe- 
males therein  prohibited 26 

Baskets,  suspended  on  poles,  not  to 

be  carried  on  sidewalks 31 

Bathing  in  the  waters   of  the  bay, 

when  and  how,  etc 22 

in  the  waters  of  the  bay  on  Sunday  22 

dress  must  be  worn  when  bathing, 
etc 22 

Baywindows  and  swell  fronts,  how 

built 140 

Beasts  of  burden,  not  allowed  to  ob- 
struct street  crossings  or  public 
sidewalks 18 

Begging,  penalty 24-25 

Bells  and  gongs  on  street  cars 18 

must  not  be  rung  when  car  is  not 
in  motion 18 


Billposters,  shall  not  post  bills,  etc., 
upon  or  in  front  of  any  private 
premises,    without    consent   of 

owner,  etc 16 

rights  of,  et? 16 

Birds,  killing  or  entrapping  of,  pro- 
hibited      30 

Blasting,  how  to  be  done,  etc 23 

Blasts,    exploding,    precautions    to 

take,  etc ..  23 

Blockade  of  streets  during  fire,  etc. .  156 

penalty  for  breaking 156 

Board  of  City  Engineers,  monuments 
erected  by,  shall  not  be  dis- 
turbed, etc 50-51 

Fire  Wardens,  how  constituted 160 

directions  to 160 

Board  of  Health,  rules  and  regula- 

tions 235 

Boat,  defined 67 

or   vehicle,    false   representation 
concerning  the  owner  ^ip  of ...  67 

Boais  on  the  waters  of  the  bay  must 

use  lights  at  night 66 

and  vehicles  must  be  numbered. .  67 

number,  where  placed 68 

must  not  be  used  without  being 

numbered 68 

owners  of,  to  be  licensed 78 

owners  must  exhibit  number  on 

demand 66 

Boilers,  steam,  where  to  erect,  per- 
mission required  within  certain 

limits 145 

Bonfires,  permission  to  kindle  requi- 
site    151 

Bonds,  Alms  House  Superintendent.         110 
Collector  of  Licenses  and  Deputies  90 

Pound  Keeper 98 

Books,  etc.,  lewd  or  indecent,  prohib- 

itionof 21 

and   pamphlets    illustrating    dis- 
eases of  the  sexual  organs,  etc., 

circulation  of,  prohibited 21 

certain,  must  be  kept  by  Collector 

of  Licenses 91-93 

certain,  must  be  kept  by  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Streets , . .      55-57 

of  pawn-brokers,  how  to  keep....  30 
of  second-hand  dealers  must  be 
exhibited  on  "demand  of  a  po- 
lice officer ,               30 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


195 


iBombs,  fire-crackers  or  fire-arms,  fir- 
ing or  discharging  the  same 
within  certain  limits,  prohibited  22 

Boyt  prohibited  from  entering   or 

leaving  cars  in  motion 176 

Brick-kilnt,  shall  not  be  built  within 

certain  limits 21 

Broker,  banker  and  real  estate  agent, 

rate  of  license 73-74 

Building    materials,    when    streets 

may  be  obstructed  by,  etc 44 

Buildings,  additional  story,  how  to 

be  constructed 138-139 

aisles  and  passage-ways  to  be  kept 
free  from  chairs,  etc.,  and  how 

to  be  constructed 128-150 

anchoring  walls  of ,  etc 134 

ascent  and  descent  to,  how  con- 
structed    42 

ashes,  not  to  be  deposited  on  floor 

of 147 

awnings,  shades  and  balconies  of, 

how  constructed , 42 

bay  windows  of,  how  constructed.  140 

beams,    timbers,    etc.,    of,    how 

placed  and  separated 134 

bill  posting  on,  prohibited,  with- 
out consent  of  owner 16 

boiler  rooms,  how  to  be  con- 
structed   135 

bricks  to  be  used 137 

brick  over  wood 138 

brick  or  stone,  altering  or  raising 

of ,  etc 121-122-138 

chimneys,  construction  of 142 

chimneys,  flues  of,  size  regulated,  144 
chimneys  of,  when  dangerous,  to 
be  removed,  duties  of  Fire  War- 
dens   144 

cloth  covered  or  cloth  lined,  etc., 
not  to  be  constructed  within  cer- 
tain limits  without  permit 145 

cornices 138 

dangerous  to  be  removed 147 

doors,  iron  and  shutters 135 

doors,  openings  in  street 149 

doorways  of  public,  how  con- 
structed    150 

entrance  to,  how  constructed 42 

erection  of,  on  public  property, 

without  permission,  prohibited.  10 

fence,  to  be  erected  during  the 
construction  of 45 


PAGE, 

Buildings — 

flues  in  brick  walls 142 

for  manufacture  of  matches,  pro- 
hibited in  certain  limits 152 

for  storage  and  keeping  of  gun- 
powder, not  to  be  maintained  or 
erected  within  certain  limits. . , .  23 

for  storage  of  petroleum,  gasoline, 

etc.,  to  be  licensed,  etc 153 

foundation  walls  of,  how  built 122-123 

bights  of  and  stories 127-128 

frame,  to  raise  or  lower  to  grade . .  148 

frame,  erection  and  repair  of 149 

hoisting  or  well  holes  in,  to  be  pro- 
tected by  railing,  etc 146 

material  used  in  constructing,  not 
to  occupy  more  than  one-third 

of  the  street 44 

mortar,  of  what  material 138 

movers  of,  rights  of,  to  disturb 

telegraph  wires 19 

moving,  notice  of,  must  be  given 
to  Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm, 

etc 19 

Mansard  or  French  roofs  over.   . .  139 

numbering  of,  and  when  number 

shall  be  affixed 61-63 

opening  for  doors  and  windows  in, 

how  constructed 136-137 

party  walls  of 132 

partitions,  stud,  how  to  be  con- 

structed 135 

portable  lights  in,  where  combus- 
tible materials  are  kept,  to  be 

inclosed  in  lantern 152 

privies  and  water  closets  of  wood         125 
removal  of,  in  fire  limits,  permit 

required 141-142 

roofs  of,  in  fire  limits,  to  be  covered 

with  fire-proof  material 139 

removal,  permit  shall  not  be  grant- 
ed without  security  in  coin  is 

deposited,  etc 19 

scuttles  and  skylights 146 

stores  and  warehouses,  doors  must 
have  certain  openings  con- 
structed    149 

shall  not  extend  over  line  of  the 

street 41 

scuttles,  etc.,  to  be  constructed  in 

roof  of 146 

'sheds  defined 125 

spark  catchers 151 


196 


INDEX  TO  GENEKAL   ORDERS. 


PAGE. 

Buildings — 

for  smoke-houses,  must  be  built  of 
brick  or  stone 152 

smoke  pipes  and  furnaces  in,  how 
to  be  guarded 140-141 

stove-pipe  holes 1 51 

swell  fronts  in,  how  built 140 

smokestacks  and  chimneys  and 
stovepipes  of,  how  to  be  con- 
structed and  placed. .140-141-142-144- 145 

stone  and  brick  walls  of,  heading 

courses,  etc 133 

sidewalks,  temporary,  to  be  laid 
during  erection  of,  for  accom- 
modation of  pedestrians ........      44-45 

tank  towers 150 

time  for  commencing  and  com- 
pleting work  on,  when  permit 
becomes  void 149 

thickness  of  outer  walls  of  dwell- 
ings, stables  and  sheds 124 

unoccupied,  must  be  secured 147 

walls,  foundation,  thickness  of,. . .         122 

outer,  defined 123 

outer,  thickness  of 124 

of  stores  and  warehouses,  hotels, 
lodging    houses,    shops     and 

manufactories 125 

stone,  headers  and  brick  walls, 
how  constructed 133 

walls,  to  extend  above  roof,  etc. . .         139 
when  dangerous  to  be  removed..         147 

within  fire  limits,  construction  of.  121 

wooden,  within  fire  limits,  not  to 
be  altered  or  repaired,  etc.,  with- 
out permit 147-148 

wooden,  permit  required  to  build, 
alter  or  repair,  etc 148-149 

wooden,  limitation  of  time  to  re- 
pair in  fire  limits,  on  a  permit. .  149 
Bulls,  etc.,  must  not  be  sold  on  pub- 
lic streets 37 

Burglars'  tools,  possession  of,  pro- 
hibited   29 

Business,  calling,  etc.,  licenses  must 

be  procured  for 71 

offensive,  etc.,  prohibited  . .  11-34-104-105 

signs,  emblems,  etc.,  carrying  on 

sidewalk,  prohibited I5 

Butchers'  offal,  etc.,  shall  not  remain 
on  any  premises  or  be  thrown 
upon  any  street,  etc 104 

separate  licenses 88 


Butter  or  cheese  manufactured  from 
swill  milk,  sale  of  prohibited . . 


105 


Calves,  immature,  sale  or  slaughter 

of  prohibited 105 

Cannon,  discharge  of,  within  certain 
limits  prohibited,  without  per- 
mit  from  Mayor 22 

Card-Playing,   dishonest    practices 

thereat,  prohibited . .  27 

and  dice- throwing,  prohibited 26 

Carriage,  Hackney,  defined 64 

Carriages,  Hackney,  may  be  regulat- 
ed by  Chief  of  Police 6«- 

shall  not  stand  in  certain  places. .  6& 

or  other  vehicles,  shall  not  be 
washed,  censtructed  or  repaired 
upon  any  public  street  within 

certain  limits 17 

etc.,  or  horses,  mules,  etc.,  shall 
not  be  washed  within  certain 
limits 17^ 

Cars  driven  or  propelled  by  steam 
must  carry  reflecting  light;  pen- 
alty       20-21 

must    not      obstruct      street- 
crossings  18 

Carts,  trucks,  etc.,  must  have  suit- 
able lock  chains  attached 1& 

Cattle,  driving  through  streets,  etc. .  25 

slaughter  of,  limits,  etc 12-13 

Cellars,  dance,  where  liquor  is  sold, 
employment  of  females  therein, 
prohibited 26 

Cemeteries,  etc.,  discharge  of  fire- 
arms within  three  hundred  yards 
of,  prohibited 22 

Cesspools  must  be  connected    with 

sewer 14 

contents  to  be  deposited  in  lighter, 
etc.,  and  dumped  in  the  bay. . .  15 

Cheating  at  cards,  etc.,  prohibited..  27 

Chief  Engineer  of  Fire  Department, 
permit  to  build,  alter  or  repair 
wooden  buildings,  must  be  filed 

with 148 

to  be  notified  of  house  moving  by 
Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm 
Telegraph 19 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


197 


PAaK. 
-Chief  Engineer  of  Fire  Department— 

and  Fire  Marshal  to  test  Oils,  etc.         154 
recommendation  of,  to  be  obtained 
before  building  is  licensed  for 
the  storage  of  petroleum,  etc... .   153-154 
Children,  prohibiting  from  getting 

off  or  on  street  cars  in  motion . .  176 

relating  to  and  affecting 35-36 

persons  prohibited  from  exhibit- 
ing,  using  or  employing  for  in- 
decent or  immoral  purposes 35 

persons  prohibited  from  usiSg,  or 
employing  at  any  business,  exhi- 
bition or  vocation  injurious  to 
health  or  dangerous  to  life  and 

limb 35 

I)€rsons  wilfully  causing  or  per- 
mitting them  to  suffer  pain  or 
injury,  guilty  of  misdemeanor . .  36 

fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures,  im- 
posed and  collected  for  cruelty 
to,  in  certain  cases  to  be  paid  to 
Society  for  the   Prevention   of 

Cruelty  to  Children 36 

Chimneys  of   brick  must  be  in  all 

cases  used  by  hotels 145 

construction  of 142-143-144 

and  flues,  size  of 144 

and  stove  pipes,  duty  of  Fire  War- 

dens.etc 144 

walls  and  buildings  to  be  removed 

when  dangerous 147 

Chinese  slavery,  prohibited 29 

Circuses,  etc.,  shall  not  be  visited  by 

any  police  officer  while  on  duty  2 
Cistern  and  hydrant  obstructing,  pro- 
hibited           156 

Clairvoyants,  etc.,  to  be  licensed 78 

Coal  Tar,  discharge  of  into  the  pub- 
lic sewers  prohibited 53 

Cobble  stone  pavement,   how   con- 
structed   48 

stones  must  be  inspected  by  Super- 
intendent of  Streets 48 

Collector  of  Licenses  (see  License) ...  70 

Combustible  materials,  persons  hav- 
ing charge  thereof  must  secure 

them  against  fire 153 

Common  Law,  misdemeanor 31 

Concealed  deadly  weapons,  carrying 
of,  prohibited,  without  permis- 
sion of  Police  Commissioners . .  8 
Concert  Halls,  construction  of 128 


FAOE. 

<7r»me,prohibiting  the  commission  of 
any  act,  which  act  tends  to  the 

commission  of 32 

prohibiting,  counseling  or  solicit- 
ing others  to  commit 32 

prohibiting     any     person      from 

threatening  to  commit 32 

prohibiting  any  person  from  using 
language  claiming  to  have  the 
power  to  cause  the  commission 
of  an  act,  which,  if  committed 

would  be  a 32 

prohibiting  any  person  from  pro- 
posing or  offering  to  lead  others 

to  commit 33 

prohibiting  the  exhibition  or  dis- 
play in  any  public  place  of  any 
emblem,  representation  or  lan- 
guage tending  to  the  commission 
of 33 

Contagious  disease,  persons  sick  of, 
removal  through  public  streets 
prohibited 104 

Corporations  breaking  up  streets, 
shall  again  make  the  necessary 
repairs,  etc 45-46 

Coolie  servitude  prohibited 29 

County  Jail,  persons  confined  there- 
in, may  be  made  to  perform  labor 

on  the  public  works,  etc 8-10 

prisoners  from,  laboring  on  public 
works,  who  escape,  are  guilty  of 
misdemeanor 9 

Courts,  alleys,  lanes  and  places,  high- 
ways and  public  streets,  etc,  de- 
fined   60 

Cows,  diseased,  milk  from,  shall  not 

be  sold,  etc 13-105 

shall  not  be  fed  on  still  slops,  etc.  13 

shall    not    be    sold     on     public 

streets ..      37-38 

prohibiting  the  keeping  of  more 
than  two  within  certain  limits  34 

Crossings  and  streets,  acceptance  of, 

requisites  to 49-50 

Crowd  obstructing  street,  etc.,  shall 
disperse  when  requested  to  do  so 
by  an  officer 24 

Curbs,  property  owners  on  line  of 
street  must  repair,  on  being  noti- 
fied by  Superintendent  of  Streets  60 


198 


INDEX  TO   GENEEAL   OEDEES. 


D 

Dance  Cellars,  employment  of  fe- 
males therein  prohibited 26 

Dead  Animals,  or  other  offensive 
matter  shall  not  be  suffered  to  re- 
main on  any  premises  or  public 

street,  etc 104 

removal  of, 177 

Deadly  weapons,  concealed,  carrying 

of,  prohibited  without  permit...  8 

Detective  duty,  oflacers  performing, 
may  be  excepted  from  wearing 
police  uniform,  etc 2 

Dice  throwing  and  card  playing,  etc., 

prohibited 26-27 

Disease,  contagious,  persons  sick 
with,  removal  of,  through  public 
streets,  prohibited 104 

Disorder,  noise,  etc.,  to  the  disturb- 
ance of  the  public  peace,  prohib- 
ited   24 

Disorderly  House— No  person  shall 
visit  or  become  an  inmate  of,  or 
let  or  lease  any  house  for  dis- 
orderly purposes , 26 

District  Attorney  and  Mayor  to  have 
access  to  information  book  of  of- 
fenses in  oflace  of  Chief  of  Police.  2 

Disturbing  the  peace  with  gongs,  etc. 

prohibited 24 

by  noise,  disorder  or  tumult,  pro- 
hibited   24 

prohibiting  the  commission  of  an 
act  or  the  omission  of  any  duty 
which  would  tend  directly  to. . .  31 

prohibiting  the  exhibition  or  dis- 
play in  any  public  place  of  any 
emblem,  motto,  representation 
or  language  tending  to 33 

Dog-tag,  how  duplicate  may  be  ob- 
tained   79 

Dogs  found  within  any  public  park 
or  plaza   may  be    killed  by   a 

policeman  or  impounded 10 

to  be  impounded 25-26 

to  be  registered,  etc 25-26 

unregistered,  shall  be  impounded.      25-26 
certain,  may  be  killed 26 

Doors  of  stores,  etc.,  must  have  open- 
ings   149 

Doorways  for  public  buildings,  how 

to  constmct 150 


PAGE, 

Doorways — 

etc.,  penalty  for  not  constructing 
according  to  provisions  of  order.  160^ 

Drains   must  be  constructed  with 

traps,  etc 14 

and  sewers,  branch,  construction  of  iS^ 

to  be  constructed  of  cement,  iron 
stone  or  iron  pipe 14 

must  not  empty  into  or  upon  any 
public  square,  street,  etc.,  pro- 
viso. . . .  .♦ 30-31 

Drays,  trucks,  etc.,  must  have  a 
suitable  chain  attached  for  lock- 
ing the  wheels  thereof 18 

trucks,  etc.,  shall  not  be  loaded  to 
exceed  10,000  pounds,  proviso. . .  1& 

wheels,  width  of  tires  of IS- 

Dress  or  apparel  belonging  to  oppo- 
site sex  not  to  be  worn 21 

Drinking  cellars,  etc.,  employment 

of  females  therein,  prohibited. .  26 

saloons  shall  not  be  visited  by  po- 
lice ofiBcers  \^hile  on  duty 2 

fountains,  injury  to  prohibited. . .  183 

Drivers,  etc.,  of  hackney  carriages 
must  carry  suitable  lights  on 
their  cars,  etc 66 

of  hacks,  to  be  deprived  of  licenses 
in  certain  cases 65 

of  hacks,  shall  have  number  of, 
and  rates  of  fare  therefor,  posted 
therein 66 

licensed,  hackney  carriages  must 
be  driven  by 89 

defining  license 89' 

amount  of  license 7T 

etc.,  of  wheeled  vehicles   (hand- 
carts excepted)  must  not  allow 
them  when  unharnessed  to  re- 
main on  a  public  street  or  place.  IT 
Driving  cattle  through  streets,  etc., 

prohibited 25 

or  riding  immoderately,  prohibit- 
ed       23-24 

Dnmkenness  in  a  place  open  to  pub- 
lic view,  prohibited 22 

in  a  private  place  or  premises,  pro- 
hibited   22 

in  a  public  place  or  highway,  pro- 
hibited   22 

Duplicate  payment  of  taxes,  all 
moneys  received  as,  to  be  paid 
into  Treasury 16^ 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


199 


Dynamite  Powder,  etc. ,  storage,  trans- 
portation and  conveyance  of. . .  155 


E 


Emblems,  signs,  etc.,  calculated  to 
represent  any  trade,  etc.,  are 
prohibited  from  being  carried  on 

any  vehicle 15-16 

tending  to  the  commission  of  crime 
exhibition  of,  in  any  piiblic 
place,  prohibited 33 

Engineers,  etc.,* of  steam  cars  must 
see  that  suitable  lights  are  car- 
ried, penalty 20 

Engines,  and  all  Fire  Apparatus, 
when  proceeding  to  a  fire  shall 

have  right  of  way 157 

and  boilers,  permit   required    to 

erect  within  certain  limits U5 

etc.,  propelling  or  driving  cars, 
must  carry  a  reflecting  light,  etc. 
penalty 20 

Entrance  to  Buildings,  how  con- 
structed   42 

Entrapping  or  killing  birds,  prohib- 
ited   30 

Epithets,  language,  etc.,  tending  to 
create  a  breach  of  the  peace,  use 
of  prohibited 24-32 

Exhibition,  etc.,  of  any  lewd  or  inde- 
cent act  or  play,  etc.,  prohibited  21 

Exploding  Blasts,  precautions  neces- 
sary to 21 

Explosive  Substances,  having  a  great- 
er explosive  power  than  gun- 
powder, not  to  be  stored  within 
five  hundred  yards  of  any  dwell- 
ing house,  etc 152 

giant  powder,  nitro-glycerine.  etc.  155 
to  manufacture  within  certain  lim- 
its prohibited 152 

Express  Agent  and  Expressman  de- 
fined    87 

amount  of  license 73 


False  representation  of  being  a  police 
oflficer,  Deputy  Sheriff,  Deputy 
Coroner  or  member  of  Fiije  De- 
partment, prohibited 


PAGE. 

False  alarm  of  fire,  not  to  be  made 

or  given,  penalty 156, 

representation  concerning  the  own- 
ership of  boats  or  vehicles 67 

falsely  representing  to  be  able  to 
exercise  influence  over  the  Super- 
visors or  School  Directors 35 

Faro  game,  implements  for  playing, 

possession  of,  prohibited 27-28- 

Felony,  prohibiting  any  person  from 
counselling  or  soliciting  others 

to  commit 32 

prohibiting  any  person  from  threat- 
ening to  commit 32 

Females,  employment  of,  in  saloons, 

etc.,  prohibited 26 

Fence,  putting  upon  or  around  any 
park  or  other   public  property 

etc.,  penalty 10 

Mlth  and  Rubbish  must  not  be  de- 
posited on  public  streets  or  car- 
ried upon  sidewalks,  etc 30-31 

Fire  Order,  defining  fire  limits,  etc . .  120 

penalty  for  violation  of  provisions 

of. 160 

enforcement  of  provisions  of 160 

houses  of  legislation  referred  to  in  151 

Fire,  permission  to  kindle  on  streets 
fire  used  in  laying  roofs  or  pave- 
ments,   and    for     engines     on 

wharves 151 

bon-fires  to    kindle,  permit  from 

Mayor 151 

Fire  Department  apparatus,  ob- 
structing prohibited 157 

in j  uring  app  aratus  prohibited 157 

Fines,  for  violation  of  provisions  of 
Fire  Order,  one-half  to  be  paid 
to  the  San  Francisco  Fire  De- 
partment Charitable  Fund 161 

Fire,  Alarm,  Boxes  and  Telegraph, 
security  against  damage  of,  to 
be  given,  before  permit  issue  for 

removal  of  building 19 

approach  to  signal  boxes  not  to  be 

obstructed 19 

prohibiting  fittingkey  tobox,  forc- 
ing lock,  or  giving  false  alarm, 

etc i9_20 

and  Police  Telegraph— notice  of 
removal,  etc.,  of  any  portion 
thereof,  must  be  given  to  the 
Superintendent 19 


200 


INDEX  TO  GENEKAL  ORDERS. 


Fire,  Alarm- 
prohibiting  any  person,  etc.,  from 
placing  any  wires  on  the  poles 

of  the 33 

prohibiting  any  person,  etc.,  from 
running,  erecting  or  maintaining 
any  wire,  crossing  or  running 
parallel  to,  or  within  a  distance 
of  six  feet  from  the  wires  of...  33 

prohibiting  any  person  from  false- 
ly representing  himself  to  be  an 

employee  of .  —  33 

arms,  discharge  of,  within  certain 

limits,  prohibited 22 

crackers,  explosion  of,  within  cer- 
tain limits,  prohibited 22 

works,  manufacture  and  storage 

of,  prohibited 23-1 58 

Department  apparatus,  penalty  for 

obstructing  or  injuring 157-160 

apparatus  proceeding  to  fires,  shall 

have  right  of  way,  etc 157 

duty  of  police  in  case  of .  156 

false  alarms  of,  and  reward  for . . .  156 

limits  and  protection  against  fire.  120-160 

how  registered,  etc 121 

construction  of  houses  within 121-151 

Fire  Limits — 

order  defining 

foundation  walls  within 

footing  or  base  courses  under  foun- 
dations; thickness  of  foundation 
walls;   damages   to    contiguous 

buildings 122-123 

hight  of  foundations  and  stories    .  127-128 

outer  walls  defined 123 

thickness  of  walls  of  stores,  ware- 
houses, hotels,  lodging  houses, 

shops  and  manufactories 125-127 

thickness  of  walls  of  churches, 
theatres,     foundries,     machine 

shops,  school  houses,  etc 127 

thickness  of  outer  walls  within  124-125-127 
walls   of  buildings   within,  how 

built 133 

anchoring  of  walls  within 134 

removal  of  buildings  in 141-142 

Marshal  and  Chief  Engineer  to  test 

oils,  etc 

protection  against,  and  relating  to 
storage  and  transportation  of 
nitro-glycerine,  etc 


120 
122 


154 


155 


PAGE. 

Fire  Limits — 
protection  against,  and  relating  to 
storage  and  sale  of  petroleum, 

etc....: ..  163 

protection  against,  and  relating  to 
transportation,  etc.,  of  percus- 
sion caps,  etc 155 

protection   against   for   theatres, 

etc 131 

setting,  reward  for  arrest  of  offen- 
der   156-157 

test,  for  illuminating  fluids  and 

oils 154 

instruments  to  be  used  in,  f«r  oils, 

etc 154-155 

fires  open,  prohibiting  the  light- 
ing of 143 

Fire  Wardens- 
Wardens,  Board  of,  how   consti- 
tuted   160 

instructions  and  directions  to. . . .  160 

to  order  the  removal  of  dangerous 

walls,  etc 147 

duty  of,  relating  to  petroleum  oils 

and  gasoline,  etc •      154 

Board  of,  to  order  the  securing  of 

unoccupied  buildings 147 

duty  of 160 

Flags,  etc.,  shall  not  be  suspended 

over  street,  etc 42-43 

JF'Zmcs,  timbers  near 134 

Food,  sale  of  unwholesome,  prohib- 
ited   105 

Fortune  teller,  etc.,  defined 88 

amount  of  license 78 

Fountains,  public,  injury  to  a  mis- 
demeanor    183 

Frame  buildings,  erection  of  and  re- 
pairs to 147 

Funeral  Assemblage,  procession,  etc., 

shall  not  be  disturbed 21 

Furnaces  of  steam  boilers  to  consume 

their  own  smoke 145 


Qalltries,  shooting,  hours  to  be  kept 

open 169 

Gambling  houses,  persons  shall  not 

become  inmates  of 26 

houses  shall  not  be  let  for  pur- 
poses of 26 


INDEX  TO   GENEEAL   OEDERS. 


201 


PAGE. 

Gambling  houses— 

houses  for,  shall  not  be  visited,  etc .  26 
implements,  possession  of  prohib- 
ited      •  27-28 

•Game  of  ball,  not  to  be  played  on 

public  streets 23 

of  strap,  or  "  trick  of  the  loop," 

prohibited 27 

■Games  of  chance,  etc.,  prohibited 26-27 

Garbage,  etc.,  shall  not  be  kept  on 
any  premises,  or  be  thrown  upon 

any  public  street 104 

Gat  and  Water  Companies,  permis- 
sion to  lay  down  pipes  may  be 
withheld  from  in  certain  cases, 

etc 49 

Gas  and  Water  Companies— 

shall    replace,    etc.,    and   repair 

streets  broken  up  by  them 45-46-172 

to  notify  Superintendent  of  Streets 
in  writing  when  taking  up  or 
laying  down  street  pavement  or 

planking 49-172 

to  lay  down  pipes  on  complying 

with  certain  conditions 172 

to  file  a  bond 172 

Gas,  prohibiting  the  erection  of  works  t 

for  manufacture  within  certain 

limits 159 

from  crude  petroleum,  erection 
and  maintenance  of  works  for 
manufacture  of,  within  certain 

limits,  prohibited 170 

and  water   pipes,  regulating   use 

of  streets  for  laying  down 172 

6'islights  in  show  windows      ...  152 

Gasoline,  etc.,  relating  to  the  stor- 
age of 153 

Giant,  Hercules  and  dynamite  pow- 
der, etc.,  storage,  transportation 

and  conveyance  of 155 

Glanders,  horses  aflSicted  with,  must 
be  killed  and  buried  by  the  own- 
ers, etc 17 

using,  selling  or  offering  for  sale 
horses  aflfticted  with ,  prohibited .  17 

Glass,  rubbish,  etc.,  streets  and  side- 
walks  must  not  be  obstructed 

with 43-44 

Glycerine,  nitro,  etc.,  storage,  trans- 
portation of ,  etc 155 

Gongs,    unusual   noises   therewith, 

prohibited 24 


PAGE. 

Grounds,  public,  highway,  streets, 

etc. ,  obstruction  of 10-44 

Guides  on  street  crossings,  providing 

for  the  erection  of 179-180 

Gunpowder,  etc.,  storage  and  convey- 
ance of ^^^ 

buildings  for  storing  or  keeping 
not   to  be    constructed,  except 

within  certain  limits 23 

quantity  to  be  stored  in  one  place.         158 

relating  to  storage  of 158 

how  to  be  kept 158 

conveyance  of 158 

shipping,  discharging,  etc 158-159 

when  landed  from  vessels,  to  be 

immediately  forwarded 159 

vessels  having,  on  board,  must  be 

afloat,  etc 159 

kept  or  stored  in  violation  of 
orders  may  be  seized  and  stored 
by  Chief  of  Police,  etc 159 


H 

Hackmen  and  Runners,  must  not  be 

boisterous,  etc      

must  wear  badges,  etc 

Hackney  Carriage,  defined  

attending  at  anyplace,  may  be  reg- 
ulated by  the  Chief  of  Police . . . 
lighted  lanterns  to  be  maintained 

at  night  on 

Hackney  Carriages— 
must  be  driven  by  licensed  drivers 
orders  relating  to,  to  be  enforced 

by  police  officer,  etc 

etc,  shall  not  stand   in  certain 

places 

coach  driver  thrice  convicted  of 
violating  provisions  of  order  to 

be  deprived  of  license 

rates  of  fare  of,  and  distances  from 

steamboat  landings  computed . . 

number  of  and  rates  of  fare  for, 

to  be  posted  inside  of 

stand  specified 

Health,  concerning  the  public 

Inspectors,  police  oflficers  are  ex- 

ofificio . . 

Officer,  duties  of ,  etc .  . . 

Inspector,  or  employee  of  Health 
Department,  prohibiting  per- 
sons from  falsely  personating. 


69 
64 

64 

66 

89 

69-70 

65 

65 

65-66 

66 

64-65 

101-107 

102 
101-107 

106-107 


202 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


PAGE. 

Health— 

gratuitous  vaccination  by 101 

householders  shall  report  all  cases 

of  Cholera  and  Smallpox  to 102 

permission  from,  requisite  to  con- 
struct certain  privy  vaults 14 

physicians  shall  report  all  cases  of 
smallpox  and  cholera  to 1 02 

to  post  a  quarantine  flag  upon 
premises  infected  with  smallpox         103 

powers  of,  to  fumigate  premises 
which  may  need  disinfecting  ....  103 

OflBcers  and  police  to  enforce  pro- 
visions of  Order  1,601 106 

prohibiting  the  commission  of  any 
act,  or  the  omission  of  any  duty, 
which  act  of  omission  is  injuri- 
ous to  the  public 31 

Highways  and  open  public  streets, 

defined 50-161 

Hitching  Posts,  how  constructed,  etc.  61 

must  not  be  damaged  or  injured . .  51 

must  be  erected  when  ordered  by 

Superintendent  of  Streets 51 

Hog  Ranches,  no  person  shall  main- 
tain any  swine  whatever 34 

Horses,  afflicted  by  glanders,  must 
be  killed  and  buried  by  the  own- 
ers   17 

afflicted  by  glanders,  must  not  be 
sold,  etc 17 

etc.,  left  standing  on  public  streets 
must  be  hitched  and  securely 
fastened 18 

attached  to  trucks,  etc.,  must  be 
secured  by  locking  the  wheels . .  18 

etc.,  left  unhitched,  or  improperly 
secured,  may  be  impounded 18 

etc.,  shall  not  be  allowed  by  per- 
sons having  control  of  them  to 
obstruct  public  sidewalks,  etc., 
or  street  crossings 18 

mules,  etc.,  washing  of ,  within  cer- 
tain limits,  prohibited 17 

must  not  be  hitched  to  any  lamp- 
post, hydrant  or  tree,  etc 18 

must  not  be  immoderately  driven 
or  ridden 23 

must  not  be  ridden  or  driven  faster 
than  a  walk  over  street  cross- 
ings, within  certain  limits 23 

must  not  be  sold  on  public  streets.      37-38 


Horses— 

must  not  be  unhitched  by  other 
than  the   owner  or  person   in 

charge ;  3S 

Hospital,  admission  into 107 

contract  for  supplies,  how  awarded  108 

discharge  of  patients  from 108 

furnishing  supplies  therefor 108 

Physician  (Resident) ,  duties  of . . .  108 

prisoners      escaping       therefrom 

guilty  of  misdemeanor     28 

proposals  and  advertisements 108 

Committee,  duties  of 107 

powers  of 107 

taking  liquor  into,  prohibited ....  28 
Hospitals,  shall  not  be  erected   or 
maintained  within  certain  lim- 
its   13 

Hotel  Keepers,  rights  of,  relating  to 

hacks,  etc  65 

Hotels,  must  use  brick  chimneys 145 

Hours  for  bathing  in  the  waters  of 

the  bay 22 

House  broker,  real  estate  agent,  ex- 
pressmen   and    express    agent, 

amount  of  license .       73-74 

householders  to  report  cases  of 
smallpox  and  cholera  to  Health 

Officer 102 

movers,  rights  of,  to  disturb  tele- 
graph wires 20 

moving,  notice  of,  must  be  given 
to  the  Superintendent  of  Fire 
Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph.   . .  20 

moving,  permit  for,  shall  not  be 

granted  without  security,  etc. . .  19 

of  ill-fame,  persons  shall  not  be- 
come inmates  of,  or  visitors  to 

etc 26 

disorderly,  no  person  shall  visit  or 

bec3me  an  inmate  of,  etc 26 

for  the  practice  of  gambling,  no 
person  shall  visit  or  become  an 

inmate  of 26 

House  of  Correction — 
rules  and  regulations  for  the  gov- 
ernment  110-119 

Superintendent's  duties 110-111 

Assistant  Superintendent's  duties.         Ill 

Visiting  Physician's  duties 111-112 

Matron's  duties 112-113 

Assistant  Matron's  duties 113-lU 

Clerk  and  Storekeeper's  duties ....         114 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


203 


House  of  Correction — 

Captain  of  the  Guard's  duties 114-115 

Guard's  and  Employees'  duties. . .  115-116 

general  rules  and  regulations 116-118 

daily  routine  of  duties 118-119 

J3bMses— numbering  of  and  time  when 

numbers  shall  be  affixed 62 

duty  of  Superintendent  of  Streets 

therein 63 

penalty  for  violation 61-62 

for  opium  smoking.no  person  shall 
keep,  visit  or  become  an  inmate 

of 34 

owners,  etc.,  must  erect  hitching 

posts  in  front  of 51 

shall  not  be  let,  or  underlet,  for 
the  purpose  of  having  prosti- 
tution   or   gambling    practiced 

therein     26 

Hydrant  and    cistern,    obstructing, 

prohibited 156 

Hydrants,  etc.,  shall  not  be  used  as 
hitching  posts,  or  for  bill  posting 

purposes IS 

■water  not  to  be  drawn  from,  pro- 
viso   157 

Hydro- carbon,  storage  thereof 153 

I 

Ill-fame,  houses  of,   persons   shall 

not  become  inmates  of,  etc 26 

houses  shall  not  be  let  for  pur- 
poses of,  etc 26 

Illuminating  Oils,  mixing  of,  etc. .    .  154 
shall  bear  the  stamp  of  the  manu- 
facturer and  seller 154 

Incendiarism,  reward  for  arrest    of 

offender 160 

Indecent   exposure   of   the    person, 

prohibited 21 

or  lewd  behavior,  prohibited. 21 

Indecent — 

books  or  circulars  must  not  be  of- 
fered for  sale,  possessed  or  exhib- 

ited 21 

Indigent  sick,  relating  to 107 

Industrial  School,  liquor  must    not 

be  taken  into 38 

Intoxicating  Liquors,  employment  of 

females  where  sold,  prohibited..  26 

must  not  be  taken  into  public  in- 
stitutions 38 


Intoxication  or  drunkenness  in  a 
public  or  private  place,  etc.,  to 
annoyance  of  others,  prohibited 


22 


Jails,  liquor  must  not  be  taken  into.  28 
Jimmy    or    other    burglars'    tools, 

possession  of,  prohibited 29 

Job  wagons  defined  66-67 

not  to  obstruct  crossings 6T 

and  hacks  shall  not  stand  in  cer- 
tain places 65 


K 


Keys,  skeleton,  etc.,  possession  of, 

prohibited 

Kite-flying,  etc.,  prohibited 

Knuckles,  slung-shots,  etc. 
sion  of,  prohibited 


2» 
23 


22. 


Lamp-posts,  hydrants,  etc.,  shall  not 
be  used  for  bill-posting  purposes 

or  as  hitching  posts 18 

shall  not  be  broken  or  Injured ....  18 

Lamps,  reflecting,  must  be  carried  by 

locomotives,  penalty 20 

Language,  etc.,  having  a  tendency  to 
create  a  breach  of  the  peace,  pro- 
hibited   24 

Lanterns,  lights,  etc.,  to  be  used 
where  combustible  material  is 

stored 152 

to  be  maintained  every  night  from 
sunset  till  daylight  at  the  ends 
of  portions  of  streets  made  dan- 
gerous       45 

Laundries,  regulating    construction 

of 36-188-191 

regulating  the  establishment  and 

maintenance  of 188 

limits  defined  within  which  laun- 
dries may  be  established 189 

persons  conducting  to  obtain  cer- 
tificate   of   Health  Officer    and 

Firewardens 189 

no  charge  to  be  made  for  certifi- 
cates.  .   • 190 


204 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL   ORDERS. 


PAGE. 

Xatmdries— 

times  at  which  work  may  not  be 
performed 190 

no  diseased  person  to  be  permitted 
to  sleep  in 190 

penalty  for  non-compliance  with 
provisions  of  Order 190 

certificates  to  be  exhibited  in  con- 
spicuous positions 191 

police  to  enforce 191 

kind  of  buildings  to  be  used  for.   "  36 

Xatoyers,  no  police  officer  shall  solicit 

business  for,  etc 5 

penalty  for  procuring  business  for, 

etc 5 

Lawyers  — 

rights  of,  to  visit  clients,  etc 5 

Leasing,  renting,  etc.,  of  houses  for 

disorderly  purposes,  prohibited.  26 

Lepers,  prohibiting  landing  of 181-183 

Captains,  Owners,  Consignees,  etc., 
of  vessels  to  prevent  landing  of.  182 

all  persons  prohibited  from  assist- 
ing in  landing 182 

Captains  or  Officers  of  vessels 
knowingly  permitting  embarka- 
tion of,  guilty  of  misdemeanor.  182 

harboring  o  f ,  prohibited 182 

penalty  for  violation  of  Order  re- 
lating to 183 

Lewd  and  indecent  behavior  prohib- 
ited   21 

purposes,  persons  must  not  be  so- 
licited to  enter   any  house   or 

placefor 22 

License,  rates  of 70-94 

auctioneers' 85-86 

bankers' 83 

badges  of  drivers 77 

billiards,  pool  tables  and  bowling 
alleys 86-87 

Collector  and  deputies,  bonds  of . .  90 

Collector  and  deputies,  duties  of.  91 

charge  for  furnishing  number  for 
vehicle 88 

commercial  travelers,  drummers, 
commercial  agents  and  traveling 
agents 80-81 

disposition  of   amounts  received 

for  licenses,  into  what  fund  paid  87 

how  duplicate  "dog-tag"  maybe 
obtained  from 79 

to  keep  certain  books 91-93 


PAGE. 

License- 
date  of 72 

Depaty  Collectors,  duties  of 93-94 

applicant  for.may  be  examined  and 
required  to  subscribe  to  a  sworn 

statement 90 

occupations  required  to  be  licensed  73-87 

transfer  of 71-89 

to  be  exhibited  in  conspicuous  part 

of  place  of  business 73 

for  carrying  on  any  business,  etc., 

must  be  procured 71 

freight  cars.. 77 

gratuitous 72 

evidence  of  liability  of  parties  to 

pay,  etc  71 

municipal 71 

assayers,  melters  and  refiners 77 

astrologers 78 

keepers  of  ball-rooms 74 

billposters 78 

boarding  houses 74 

boats,  owners  of .  78 

brokers,  stock 82-83 

brokers.  Custom  House 81 

butchers  and  slaughter  house  keep- 
ers, separate  license 88 

clairvoyants,  etc .....  78 

dance-houses.     .* 74 

dancing  and  riding  academies  or 

schools 82 

dogs 79 

expressmen  and  express  agents  de- 
fined...   87 

fortune  tellers 78 

gunpowder,  venders  of ,  etc  74 

magazines,  keepers  of 74 

hackney    carriages,    owners    and 

drivers  of 77 

hotels 74 

house  brokers 73 

insurers 79 

insurance  solicitors  or  drummers 

and  adj  usters  of  insurance 81 

intelligence  offices 87 

laundries,  keepers  of .    78 

livery  stables 86 

meats,  vegetables,  peddlers  of ... .  75 
mercantile  agencies  and  collection 

agencies 82 

merchandise,  peddlers  of 75 

merchandise  brokers 79-80 

merchandise 83-84 


INDEX  TO  GENEEAL  ORDEBS. 


20^ 


passenger  cars,  street  railroad. . . . 

pawnbrokers        

petroleum,  storage  of 

production  of,  on  trial  of  criminal 

action 

public  exhibitions 

race-courses,  keepers  of 

real  estate  agents 

retail  dealers 

runners 

shipping-oflBce  keepers 

shooting  galleries,  keepers  of 

soliciting  agents 

street  musicians 

sworn  statements  to  be  rendered . . 

theater 

trucks  and  vehicles,  owners  of . . . . 
warehouses,  keepers  or  owners  of. 
must  be  exhibited  on  demand  of 

municipal  officer 

of  peddler,  to  be  exhibited 

payable  for,  in  coin 

penalty  for  violating  ordinances 

relating  to 

production  of,  etc 

railroad  and  sta^e  line  agencies. . . 

rates  and  classification  of 

sale  or  assignment  of 

to  state  number  of  vehicle  or  boat 
transfer  of,  to  be  recorded,  etc. .. . 

Licenses,  Collector  of,  office  of,  etc. . . 

to  keep  certain  books .      91-93 

Deputy  Collector  of,  duty  of 93-94 

conviction  does  not  exempt  from 

payment  of 90 

delinquent 88 

to  be  delivered  to  Collector  of  Li- 

censes  by  the  Auditor 91 

Idghts  and  barriers  must  be  main- 
tained around  dangerous  por- 
tions of  streets,  etc 45 

must  be  carried  by  locomotives, 

etc.,  penalty 20-21 

must  be  used  at  night  by  boats ...  66 

must  be  used  at  night  by  hackney 

carriages 66 

portable  lights,  lanterns,  etc 152 

public,  must  not  be  extinguished.  18 

JAquor  Saloons,  etc.,  employment  of 

females  therein  prohibited 26 


76 
87 
78 

71 

77 
77 
73-74 
84-85 
78 
76 
75 
78 
78 
87 
86 
77 
75 

73 

30 

72-73 

70 
73 

81 

73-87 

89-90 

89 

71 


PAGE. 


16 


99 


54 


64 


37 


Loads,  prohibiting  hauling  of,  ex- 
ceeding ten  thousand  poimds; 
proviso 

Lost  or  stolen  property,  Chief  of  Po- 
lice to  be  custodian  of 99-1  Oft 

report  of  Chief  of  Police  thereon. 

Lots,  to  be  fenced,  to  prevent  sand 
from  drifting  or  being  blown  into 
or  upon  streets  that  are  graded, 
macadamized,  paved  or  planked, 
owners,  etc.,  of,  required  to  con- 
struct fences  or  bulkheads  to 
prevent  sand,  etc.,  drifting  or 
being  blown  on  improved  streets 

Lottery  Tickets,  possession  of  pro- 
hibited 


M 

MarTtet  Inspector,  duty  of ,  etc 

penalty  for  resisting 

stalls  shall  be  kept  clean 

Markets,  retail  for  the  sale  of  meats, 
not  to  be  kept  open  on  Sundays. 

Map,  official,  adopted 

Map  of  salt  marsh  and  tide  lands  of 
State    within    city  and  county 

adopted 

Masks,  possession  of,  prohibited 

wearing  of,  in  the  commission  of 

robbery,  prohibited 

Matches,  manufacture  of,  within  cer- 
tain limits  prohibited 

manufacturing,  penalty  for  viola- 
tion of  ordinances  relating  there- 
to  

Mayor,  authorized  to  offer  reward  for 
the  arrest,  etc.,  of  persons  injur- 
ing or  damaging  fire  apparatus. . 
to  make  requisition  on  Sheriff,  for 
prisoners   to   labor    on    public 

works 

to  have  access  to  certain  records  of 

crime  in  office  of  Chief  of  Police. 

permit  for  the  discharge  of  cannon 

within  certain  limits,  necessary. 

Meats,  unwholesome,  defined,  sale  of 

prohibited - . . 

at  retail  not  to  be  sold  on  Sundays 

Mendicancy,  penalty 

Milch  cows,  shall  not  to  be  fed  on  still 
slops,  etc 


106 
106 
106 

33-34 
162 


161 


28 
152 


157 


2 

22 

105 
33-34 
24-2& 


1» 


206 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


PAQR. 

Milk,  adulterated,  sale  of,  etc.,  pro- 

hibited 13-105 

from  any  cow  diseased  or  fed  on 
still  slops,  etc.,  shall  not  be  sold, 

furnished  or  supplied,  etc 13-105 

swill,  sale  of,  etc.,  prohibited 13-105 

Minors,  prohibited  from  congregat- 
ing, or  making  noise  or  disturb- 
ance, on  any  street,  crossing, 
court  or  alley,  between  hours  of 

8  o'clock  p.  M.  and  daylight 31 

Misdemeanor  at  Common  Law 31 

prohibiting  any  person  from  coun- 
seling or  soliciting  others  to  com- 
mit a 32 

prohibiting  any  person  from  threat- 
ening to  commit  a 32 

Monuments,  street,  to  be  removed  by 

City  and  County  Surveyor 50-51 

removal  of,  etc. ,  prohibited 50-51 

Morals,  public,  prohibiting  the  com- 
mission of  any  act  or  omission  of 
any  duty,  which  is  injurious  to.  31 

Mules,  must  not  be  sold  on  public 

streets 37-38 


N 


Night-carts,  must  be  staunch  and  air- 
tight, etc 14-15 

contents  must  not  be  deposited  on 

any  land  in  the  city  and  county.  15 

contents  must  be  deposited  in  a 
barge  or  lighter  and  dumped  in 
bay  two  thousand  yards  from 

shore 15 

under  control  of  Saperintendent  of 

Public  Streets,  etc 16 

Xitro-Glycerine,  conveyance  of,  etc. .  155 
manufacture  of ,  within  certain  lim- 
its, prohibited 155 

relating  to  manufacture  of 155 

transportation  of,  etc.,  prohibited         155 
Nuisancts,  etc.,  to  be  removed  by 

Chief  of  Police 10-11 

and  offensive  trades,  etc.,  prohib- 
ited, penalty 12-39 

etc. ,  book  for  recording  complaints 
of,  to  be  provided  and  kept  by 
the  Chief  of  Police 2 


Obscene  and  profane  language,  use  of, 

prohibited 24 

lewd  or  indecent  books,  pictures, 
cards,  etc.,  offering  for  sale,  etc., 

prohibited 21 

Obstructing  or  disturbing  streets  pro- 
hibited       43-44 

street  railroads  and  cars,  etc.,  pro- 
hibited    30 

Obstructions,  by  erection  of   build- 
ings, etc.,  upon  public  property, 

prohibited,  penalty 10 

of  streets,  etc.,  after  notice  of  re- 
moval, every  day    maintained, 
constitutes  a  new  oflfense,  etc., . .  10 
of  streets  and  sidewalks,  prohib- 
ited  18-43-44 

of  hydrants  and  cisterns  prohibited         156 
by  trucks,  etc.,  to  be  cleared  by 

Chief  of  Police 52 

must  be  removed  by  tenants,  etc., 

of  buildings,  etc . .      43-44 

etc.,  to  be  removed  by  Chief  of  Po- 

lice 10-11 

Offensive  business  and  occupation, 

prohibited 12-39-104-105 

matter,  etc.,  shall  not  be  kept  upon 
any  private  premises,  or  placed 

upon  a  public  street 104-105 

premises,      vaults,     cesspools, 

drains,  etc 14-16 

Official  Map  adopted 162 

Oil,  mixing  or  adulterating,  prohib- 
ited   154 

Oils,  etc.,  fire  test  of,  by  whom  made 

etc 154 

for  illuminating,  etc.,  shall  bear 

stamp  of  manufaaturer  and  seller         154 
instrument    for  making  fire  test 
with  rights  of  owner  to   have 

test  applied,  etc 154 

Opera  Houses,  construction  of 128 

Opera   Tickets  must  not  be  peddled 

except  by  licensed  peddlers 187-188 

Opium,  persons  prohibited  from 
keeping,  maintaining  or  becom- 
ing an  inmate  of  any  house  or 
room  for  the  purpose  of  smoking 

or  inhaling,  etc 34 

providing  for  the  imposition  of  li- 
censes upon  dealers  in 167-168 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


207 


PAGE. 

Opium— 

prohibiting  introduction  of    into 

public  institutions 187 

Owner  of  lots  fronting  on  streets  re- 
quiring repair,  liable  for  cost , . .  58-59-60 
defined 61 

P 

Pamphlets,  etc,  illustrating  diseases 
of  the  sexual  organs  must  not  be 

circulated 21 

etc.,  lewd  or  indecent,  possession 

of,  prohibited 21 

Park  Commissioners'  ordinances 222-231 

Parks,  plazas  and  other  property, 

obstruction  of,  penalty 10 

and  squares,  etc.,  discharge  of  fire 
arms  within  three  hundred  yards 

thereof,  prohibited 22 

injuring  grass,  trees  in,  penalty.  9-10 
persons  prohibited  from  walking 
on  grass  plats,  lying  or  sleeping 
upon  chairs,  seats,  etc.,  prohib- 
ited         9-10 

persons   prohibited   from   taking 

dogs  in 10 

certain  squares,  when  open  to  the 

public 10 

penalty  for  placing  obstructions  on  10 

Partitions,  stud,  how  constructed. . .  135 

Pawnbrokers,  how  their  books  must 

be  kept 30 

Peddlers,  defined 88 

license,  to  be  exhibited  when  re- 
quested by  any  municipal  officer  30 
Peddling  theater  or   opera    tickets 

without  license  prohibited 187-188 

Penatty,  for  breaking  fire  blockade  .  156-160 
for  representing  to  be  able  to  influ- 
ence the  action  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  or  Board  of  Educa- 
tion    35 

for  injuring  fire  apparatus 157 

for  obstructing  fire  apparatus 1 57 

for  soliciting  business  for  attorneys 

etc.,  by  police  officers 5 

for  violation  of  provisions  of  Order 

1587 12 

Permits  under  the  Fire  Order,  when 

void 156 

Persons  arrested,  rights  of,  to  legal 

advice 5 


PAGE. 

Petroleum  oils  for  illuminating,  etc., 

mixing  of 154 

shall  bear  the  stamp  of  the  manu- 
facturer   154: 

refined  products  of,  quantity  al- 
lowed to  be  stored,  etc 153 

storage  of,  etc.,  warehouses  for. .  153 

to  be  kept  in  metal  cans,  etc 153 

character  and  quality  may  be  tested         154 
Petroleum,  crude,  erection  or  main- 
tenance of  works  for 170 

manufacture  of  gas  from,  prohib- 
ited within  certain  limits 170 

penalty  for  violation  of  Order  re- 
lating to 170 

Plays,  tending  to  profane  religion, 

prohibited 34 

Police  and  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph, 
false  alarms  must  not  be  made 

or  given 20 

keys  for  signal  boxes  must  not  be 
kept  without  lawful  authority, 

etc ..  20 

keys  must  not  be  made  for  or  fitted 

to  the  lock  of  any  signal  box. ...  19 

locks  or  signal  boxes  not  to  be  tam- 
pered with,  without  authority. .  20 

must  not  be  broken,  etc 19 

notice  of  removal  of  any  portion  of 
must  be  given  to  the  Superinten- 
dent   19 

security  against    damage  thereto 

must  be  given  by  house  movers.  19 
posting  notices  on  poles  of,  pro- 
hibited             31 

Police,  Chief  of,  shall  cause  to  be 
kept  in  his  office  a  book  for  re- 
cording therein  certain  com- 
plaints, etc 2 

to  provide  and  keep  a  book  in  his 
office  wherein  shall  be  entered 
certain  daily  information,  etc. . .  2 

custodian  of  property  lost,  stolen, 

etc .  99 

may  permit  certain  officers  to  wear 
other  clothes  than  police  uni- 
forms, etc    2 

to  execute  orders  of  Court  for  the 

destruction  of  dogs 25-26 

may  take  possession  of,  and  store 
gunpowder  stored  in  violation  of 

orders 159 

to  regulate  hackney  carriages 63 


208 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  OEDERS. 


PAGE. 

Folice— 
office  and  stations,  where  located.  1 
to  cause  removal   of  all  obstruc- 
tions, nuisances,  etc 11 

can  make  requisition  upon  the 
Sheriff  for  certain  prison  labor, 

etc 9 

shall  cause  Register  of  Arrests  to 

be  kept,  etc 1 

shall  cause  transcript  of  Register 
of  Arrests  to  be  made  daily,  etc.  2 

powers  to  suspend,  etc 6 

and  all  police  officers  shall  provide 
suitable  uniform  and  badges  of 

office,  etc  2 

may  order  vehicles  and  other  street 

obstructions  advertised  and  sold  52 

may  take  and  remove  vehicles  and 

other  street  obstructions 52 

to  suspend  officers  against  whom 

charges  are  made 6 

Police  Commissioners,  Chairman  of, 

to  issue  supcenas 6 

may  grant  permit  to  carry  con- 
cealed weapons 8 

rendition  of  decision  by 6-7  , 

trial  of  charges  by 6 

Police  Department,  officers  suspend- 
ed therefrom  shall  be  prosecuted 

by  Police  CommiSBioners 6 

Judge,  etc.,  to  have  access  to  cer- 
tain books  in  office  of  Ch^^f  of 

Police 2 

to  hear  complaints  and  make  dis- 
position of  lost  or  stolen  proper- 
ty, etc  100 

to  daily  receive  a  correct  transcript 

of  the  Register  of  Arrests,  etc . .  2 
Police  Captains  and  Officers,  num- 
ber of,  office  and  stations 1 

uniform  and  badges 2-4 

badges,  etc.,  must  not  be  worn  or 
used  by  any  person  with  intent 

to  deceive,  etc 4 

Captains,  duties  of 4 

to  make  monthly  reports,  etc 4-5 

number  of 1 

members  of,  shall  provide  them- 
selves with  suitable  uniform  and 

badges  of  office 2-4 

members  of  shall  not  solicit  legal 
business  for  attorneys  at  law ....  5 


Police- 
no  member  of  shall  discharge  an 
arrested  person  from  custody, 
except  by  order  of  Police  Judge, 

etc 4 

number  of  permanent 1 

Office  Register,  how  kept,  etc .....  1 

Officer,  may  disperse  crowds  when 

obstructing  streets,  etc 24 

or  Captain,  personating,  etc 4 

Officers  arc  ex-officio  health  in- 
spectors   102 

receiving  money,  etc.,  in  the  dis- 
charge of  their  duties,  shall  turn 
the  same  over  to  the  Property 

Clerk 9& 

shall  not,  while   on   duty,   visit 

drinking  saloons,  etc 2 

soliciting  business  for  attorneys 

guilty  of  misdemeanor,  penalty.  5 
suspended  from  duty,  copies  of 
charges  against,  shall  be    fur- 
nished              ft 

to  be  detailed  to  attend  at  public 

thoroughfares 7 

to  control  the  movement  of 
vehicles  and  animals  over  public 

thoroughfares 7-8- 

may  kill  dogs   found  within  any 

public  park  or  plaza 10 

Policemen,  local,  to  be  appointed  by 

Board  of  Police  Commissioners.  7 
Posting  bills  or  advertisements,  etc..      16-31 
Pound  Keeper,  account  of,  and  pay- 
ment of  fines  by 98 

duties  of 94 

animals  trespassing,  may  be  de- 
livered to 95 

badges  to  be  worn  by  him  and  his 

deputies 97-98 

bond  of 98 

charges  by,  for  impounding  dog . .      96-97 
charges  for  impounding   horses, 

mules,  cows,  etc 96 

deputies  may  be  appointed  by 97 

destruction  of  dogs  by 96 

disposition  of  funds  by 97 

dogs  impounded,  to  be  cared  for  by  97 

duties  of 94 

fees  and  charges  by 96 

fees  of,  for  impounding  dogs 97 

impounding  of  dogs  by 96 

must  keep  list  of  animals  conepic- 
uously  posted 95 


INDEX  TO   GENERAL   ORDERS. 


209 


Pound  Keeper — 

must  make  monthly  return  to 
Board  of  Supervisors 97 

must  provide  subsistence  for  im- 
pounded animals 95 

persons  taking  up  animals  must 
give  notice  to 95 

record  to  be  kept  by     95 

redemption  of  animals  from 96 

resisting,  in  discharge  of  his  du- 
ties   98 

salary  of ,.•••  98 

sale  of  animals  by 96 

shall  advertise  animals  impounded 

— proviso 95 

valuable  dogs  may  be  sold  by 96 

Powder—  (See  Gunpowder.) 158-159 

Premises,  belonging  to  any  person; 
shall  not  be  allowed  to  become 
foul  and  offensive 14 

below  grade,  must  be  barricaded. .  45 
Prints,  etc.,  lewd  or  indecent,  pos- 
session of,  prohibited 21 

Prisoners  escaping  from  Hospitals. . .  28 

in  County  Jail  to  perform  certain 
labor,  etc  9 

refusing  to  labor,  guilty  of  misde- 
meanor   11 

refractory,  to  be  fed  on  bread  and 
water  diet 11 

males,  hair  of  head  to  be  cut  or 
clipped  to  a  uniform  length  of 
one  inch  from  scalp 11 

laboring  on  public  works  who  es- 
cape are  guilty  of  misdemeanor.  9 

must  not  be  discharged,  etc.,  ex- 
cept by  Police  Judge,  etc. 4 

right  of,  to  have  attorney  notified.  5 

Prisons,  liquors,  etc.,  must  not  be 

taken  into 28 

Privy  Vaults,  etc.,  deposits  in,  etc., 
shall  not  be  removed  by  night 
soilers  without  permit  from  Su- 
perintendent of  Streets 14 

contents  to  be  deposited  in  lighter, 
etc.,  and  dumped  in  bay  two 
thousand  yards  from  shore 15 

how  constructed,  etc -4 

must  be  connected  with  sewer      ,  14 

foul  or  offensive,  a  nuisance 14 

Processions,  lawful,  funeral,  school, 

Bhall  not  be  distTirbed,  etc 21 

14 


PAGB!. 

Property  Clerk  of  Police  Department, 

duties  of 99 

in  possession  of  Treasurer,  when 
sold,  lost,  etc.,  report  of  Chief 
of  Police  thereon 99 

stolen,  to  be  delivered  by  Chief  of 

Police  to  Treasurer 99 

stolen,  ownership  of,  to  be  de- 
termined by  the  Police  Judge. ,.  100 

stolen,  etc.,  when  proceeds  of  sale 
are  paid  to  owner,  the  Treasurer 
may  deduct  necessary  expenses 
therefrom 100 

received  by  Police  oflacers  In  dis- 
charge of  their  duties,  to  be  de- 
livered to  Property  Clerk,  etc. . .  99 

return  of,  to  owner 99 

unclaimed.  Chief  of  Police  to  be 

the  custodian  of 99 

Prostitution,  houses  of,  persons  shall 
not  visit  or  become  inmates  of, 
etc 26 

houses  shall  not  be  let  for  pur- 
poses of 26 

Public  Buildings,  doorways  for,  how 

to  construct 150 

aisles  and  passage-ways  in 128-150 

Public  Health,  trades  and  occuj)ation8 

prejudicial  to  the,  prohibited. .  .      12-39 
Public  Highway,  conduct  having  a 
tendency  to  annoy  persons  pass- 
ing thereon ,  not  to  be  indulged  in      23-24 

highways,  discharge  of  firearms 
within  three  hundred  yards 
thereof,  prohibited 22 

sports  or  exercises  thereon  having 
a  tendency  to  frighten  horses, 
prohibited.  . .   24 

institutions,  liquor  must  not  be 
taken  into 28 

lights  must  not  be  extinguished  . .  18 

parks  or  plazas,  injuring  flowers 
or  shrubs  therein  a  misdemeanor, 
penalty,  etc.. 9-10 

permitting  dogs  to  enter,   etc.,  a 

misdemeanor,  penalty 10 

when  opened  and  closed.    Names 

thereof 10 

Publit  Safety,  prohibiting  the  com- 
mission of  any  act  or  the  omis- 
sion of  any  duty  which  act  or 
omission  is  injurious  to   the..      31-32 


210 


INDEX  TO   GENERAL   ORDERS. 


Public  Safety — 
prohibiting  the  exhibition  or  dis- 
play in  any  public  place  of  any 
emblem,  motto,  representation 
or  language  Injurious  to 83 

Q 

Quarantine,  &&g  (yellow)  shall  be  es- 
tablished by  Health  Officer,  etc. .         103 
or  yellow  flag,  removal  of 103 


R 


Railroad,  cars,  etc.,  must  be  fur- 
nished with  and  carry  suitable 

lights,  penalty 20-21 

employees,  etc.,  responsibility  of 
for    failing    to    carry    suitable 

lights  on  their  cars,  etc 20 

track  and  cars,  etc.,  not  to  be  ob- 
structed.       30 

Companies  to  improve  and  repair 
roadway  of  streets  between  their 
tracks 59-60 

Railroad  tracks  and  turn-tables 53 

Real  Estate,  agisnt,    broker,    house- 

broker 73-74 

Religion,  plays  tending  to  profane, 

prohibited 34 

Removal,  of  dead  animals 177 

Reward,  by  Board  of  Supervisors, 

for  false  alarm  of  fire .     156 

for  arrest  and  conviction  of  any 
person  damaging,  etc.,  fire  ap- 
paratus   157 

for   arrest   of   incendiaries,    how 

payable,  etc 160 

Riding  or  driving  immoderately  pro- 
hibited   23 

Ruifbish,  etc.,  not  to  be  deposited  on 

streets,  or  carried  on  sidewalks  .30-31-171 


s 


Sale  of  lost,  stolen,  etc.,  property 
by  Treasurer  and  disposition  of 

proceeds 

of  vehicles,  etc.,'found  to  be  street 
obstructions  by  Chief  of  Police . 


100 


52 


Saloons,    employment    of    females 

therein,  prohibited 

Police  Officers  on  duty  shall  not 

visit 

Salt,  marsh  and  tide  lands  in  City 
and  County,  State  map  adopted. 
Scaffolding,  how  to  construct,  etc  . . 
prohibiting  the    erection    of,    on 
roofs  of  buildings  without  per- 
mission of  Board  of  Supervisors. 

Scuttles  and  skylights  in  roofs  

Sewers  and  branch  drains,  construc- 
tion of,  permit  required 

cesspools,  etc.,  must  be  connected 

with 

must  be  constructed  as  a  pre-re- 
quisite  to  accepting  streets  or 

crossings 

Superintendent  of  Streets  may  or- 
der construction  of,  in  certain 

cases 

to  be  flushed  and  cleansed  with 

water 

reconstruction  of  for  sanitary  pur- 
poses  

duty  of  Superintendent  of  Streets, 
notification  to  property  owners, 
duty  of  property  owners  after  noti- 
fication  

service  of  notice  by  deputy  deemed 
to  be  notification  by  Superintend- 
ent of  Streets 

penalty  for  non-compliance  with 

provisions  of  order 

Sex,  wearing  dress  not  belonging  to. 

Shavings,  haw  disposed  of 

Sheriff,  upon  requisition  of  Chief  of 
Police,  shall  furnish  certain  pri- 
son labor,  etc 

upon  requisition  of  Mayor,  shall 
furnish  certain  prisoners  to  labor 

on  public  works 

Shipping  offices,  keepers  of,  defined. 

Shops,  for  the  sale  of  meats  at  retail 

not  to  be  kept  open  on  Sunday. . 

Show-windows,  gas  lights  in 

Shooting  Galleries,  hours  to  be  open 

Sidewalks,   temporary,  buildings   in 

course  of  erection,   must   have, 

etc 

construction  or  repair,  providing 
for 


161 
23 

36-37 
146 

46-47 
14 

49-50 

59 
163 
184 
185 
185 


186 

21 

152 


76-«8 


152 
169 


44-45 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  0BDEB8. 


211 


PAGE. 

Sidewalks— 

and  streets  when  obstructed  by 
crowds  may  be  cleared  by  a  po- 
lice officer .  24 

no  person  upon,  to  carry  any  sign, 
device  or  emblem,  as  an  adver- 
tisement   15 

baskets  suspended  from  poles 
must  not  be  carried  upon 31 

•curbs  of,  how  constructed 41 

in  certain  streets  to  be  of  brick, 
stone  or  asphaltum 40 

vehicles  on,  prohibited #.  ..  17 

or  street  crossings  shall  not  be  ob- 
structed by  horses,  etc 18 

areas  and  vaults  under,  construc- 
tion of 41 

over  vaults,  how  constructed 41 

width  and  construction  of 39-40 

certain  portion  may  be  used,  in  the 
construction  of  descent  and  as- 
cent to  building 42 

not  to  be  obstructed,  to  interfere 
with  approach  to  signal  box  of 
the  fire  alarm 19 

nails  or  spikes  protruding  from,  to 

be  driven  down 53 

:tSigns,  etc.,  shall  not  extend  over  line 

of  streets  or  sidewalks 42-43 

carrying  of,  on  sidewalks,  prohibi- 
ted        15-16 

knocks,  words,  etc.,  must  not  be 
used  to  induce  persons  to  enter 

any  house  for  lewd  purposes 22 

Slaughter  house  keepers,  amount  of 

license 75-76 

houses,  maintaining  or  establish- 
ing, etc.,  within  certain  limits, 

prohibited 12-13 

■Slavery  and  Coolie  servitude,  etc., 

prohibited 29 

Sling  Shots,  knuckles,  etc.,  posses- 
sion of,  unlawful 22 

Small-pox  and  cholera  cases,  Health 

Officer  shall  visit 101 

shall  be  reported  to  Health  Officer 
by  physicians  and  householders.         102 

conveyances  for  persons  infected 
with ;  102 

Health  Officer,  in  cases  of,  shall 
post  a  quarantine  flag  on  prem- 
ises  103 


Small-pox— 
Health  Officer  may  place  person 
in    charge    of    premises   where 

others  are  affected  with 103 

patients  may  be  removed  to  the 

hospital 103 

removal  of,  prohibited 103-104 

persons  in  attendance  upon  others 
infected  with,  shall  not  go  upon 

the  streets,  etc 103 

Smoke  Houses ,  152 

Smoke-pipes     and      furnaces,     how 

guarded 140 

stacks  and  chimneys 142-159 

Smoke  to  be  consumed 145-146 

Soliciting,  agent  and  runner,  defined.  69 

or  employing  another  to  commit 

an  offense,  prohibited 21 

Spark  Catchers 151 

Squares,  public,  when    closed   and 

opened,  names  thereof 10 

injuring  grass,  trees  in,  penalty.. .        9-10 
persons   prohibited    from    taking 

dogs  in 10 

penalty  for  placing  obstructions  on  10 

Stables,  etc.,  shall  be  kept  clean 104-105 

Stands  for  hackney  carriages  speci- 
fied   64 

Steam  Engines  and  Boilers,  erection 
of,  within  certain  limits,  prohib- 
ited, without  permission 145-146 

proceeding   to   fires,    shall    have 

right  of  way 157 

propelling  cars,  must  carry  reflect- 
ing lights,  penalty '  20 

Stone  blocks,  pavements  shall  be  of..      49-50 
Stores,  etc.,  doors  of  must  have  cir- 
cular openings 149 

Stove-pipe  holeB 151 

pipes  and  chimneys,  duty  of  Fire 

Wardens,  etc 144-145 

construction  of 145 

use  of,  by  hotels,  prohibited 145 

Strap,  or  trick  of  the  loop  game,  de- 
fined and  prohibited  ...   27 

Streets  and  Sidewalks,  relating  to 39-57 

providing  for  repair  of 57-61 

Superintendent  of,  powers  defined      57-58 

to  serve  notice  to  improve 58 

obligation  of  property  owners  to 

improve 58-59 

Streets,  blockade  during  fire  shall  be 

established 156 


212 


INDEX  TO  GENEEAL  OEDERS. 


PAGE. 

Streets— 
blockade,  penalty  for  breaking. . .  156 

right  of  way  along,  to  apparatus 

of  Fire  Department 157 

crossings  must  be  sewered  with 
brick  before  being  accepted 49-50 

cars  must  not  obstruct 18 

monuments  erected  by  City  Engi- 
neers or  City  and  County  Survey, 
or,  not  to  be  destroyed,  etc 50-51 

railroad  cars  not  to  be  obstructed .  30 

work  on  certain,  must  be  per- 
formed on  service  of  notice  from 
Superintendent  of  Streets 51-57-61 

open  public  highways  defined 50-161 

rubbish  must  not  be  deposited  or 
placed  upon 30-31-43-44 

crown  of  roadway  on 48 

or  any  part  thereof,  not  to  be  ob- 
structed  10-11-43-44 

etc.,  not  to  be  obstructed  by 
wheeled  vehicles,  etc 17 

street  crossings,  etc.,  improve- 
ments to  be  uniform  as  to  pav- 
ing, planking,  etc 49 

street  crossings  shall  be  uniformly 
constructed,  etc 49-50 

when  disturbed  by  authority,  shall 
be  again  put  in  good  condition.45-46-173 

when  repaved,  etc.,  shall  be  inspec- 
ted by  Superintendent  of  Streets  49 

piling  or  capping,  without  permis- 
sion, prohibited 43 

not  to  be  disturbed  without  per- 
mission of  Superintendent  of 
Streets 45-46 

branch  sewers  or  drains  not  to  be 
constructed  in  without  permit . .      46-47 

asphaltum  tanks,  boilers  or  kettles 
not  to  be  placed  upon,  without 
permit 46 

cobblestone  pavement  on,  how  to 
be  constructed 48 

lots  to  be  fenced  to  prevent  sand 
or  dirt  from  being  blown  into  or 
upon  improved 54 

within  certain  limits;  how  to  be 
macadamized 47-48 

within  certain  limits,  not  to  be 
laid  with  plank,  penalty  47-48 

and  crossings.acceptance  of,  requi- 
sites to 49-50 

must  be  sewered  before  being  ac- 
cepted, proviso 49-50 


PAGE, 

Streets- 
must  be  inspected  and  approved 

before  being  accepted 49-50'^ 

or  sidewalks,  when  obstructed  by  a 
crowd  may  be  cleared  by  a  Police 

officer 24 

and  highways,  obstruction  of 10-11 

Superintendent  of  Streets,  etc.,  to 

have  charge  of ■    8-9 

regulating  use  of  for  laying  down 

pipes 172-175 

bond  to  be  filed  by  persons  or 
companies  desiring  to  lay  pipes.         17^ 

bond  to  b8  approved  by  Mayor 172 

bond  to  be  filed  with  Clerk  Board 

of  Supervisors 172~ 

diagram   of    streets   to   be   used 

must  be  filed 172 

duty  of  Superintendent  of  Streets         172 
trenches  must  not  remain    open 

longer  than  twenty-four  hours..  173^ 

parties  laying  pipe  responsible  for 

repair  of  streets 173 

service  of  notice  by  Superinten- 
dent of  Streets,  how  made 173 

duty  of  Superintendent  defined. ..  173 

streets  opened  and  not  put  in  good 
repair.  Superintendent  of  Streets 
to  have  work  done   at  cost  of 

parties  laying  pipes 173 

form  of  bond  to  be  given 174 

prisoners  escaping  while  laboring 

on,  are  guilty  of  misdemeanor. .  9 
guides,  providing  for  erection  of. .  179-180 
cars  must  not  obstruct  street  cross- 
ings...            18 

Superintend&nt  of  Streets,  etc., 
may  revoke  permits  to  night  Boil- 
ers, etc 15 

may    give    notice    requiring   per- 
formance of  certain  street  work. 5 1 -57-61 
may  order  the  erection  of  hitch- 
ing posts 51 

must   approve   all   materials  for 

pavements,  etc 49-50 

powers  and  duties  of 8-9-57-61 

recommendation  of,  necessary  for 
acceptance  of  streets,  etc .......  50 

shall  inspect  cobble  stones,  etc. . .  48 
shall  inspect    streets    paved,  re- 
paved  or  replanked 49" 

shall  not  grant  permit  for  removal 
of  buildings,  without  security, 
etc .'..  19* 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDERS. 


213 


PAGE. 

Superintendent  of  Streets— 

to  grant  permits  to  night  soilers. .  15 

to  have  control  of  all  night  carts . .  15 

to  require  deposit  of  $30  when 
granting  permit  to  construct' 
branch  sewers  in,  or  place  as- 
phaltum  tank,  boiler  or  kettle 
on  a  public  street 46 

to  inspect  streets  when  re-paved 
or  replanked  by  parties  laying 
down  gas  or  water  pipes 49-172-173 

to  inspect  and  approve  streets  prior 

to  acceptance , 49-50 

to  keep  certain  books  and  ac- 
counts  ,.,..       55-57 

may  use  water  to  flush  and  cleanse 

sewers 163 

duty  of,  relating  to  numbering  of 

buildings 63 

■Swill  Carts,  to  be  tight,  staunch  and 

closely  covered 15 

Swill  milk,  sale  of,  prohibited 105 

Sweepings  from  shops  must  not  be 

deposited  on  streets 171 

Swine,  no  person  to  keep  within  cer- 
tain limits 34 

penalty  for  keeping  within  certain 
limits , 12 

T 

■Tdllow  shall  not  be  rendered  within 

certain  limits 12-13 

Tar,  (coal,)  discharge  of  into  public 

sewers,  prohibited 53 

Taxes — moneys  received  in  payment 
of  duplicate  taxes  to  be  paid  in- 
to the  treasury 166 

Telegraph  of  Fire  Alarm-  Security 
against  damage  thereto  must  be 
given  before  permit  can  issue  for 
removal  of  building,  etc 19 

approach  to  signal  boxes  of  Fire 
Alarm  shall  not  be  obstructed..  19 

fitting  key  to  box,  forcing  lock, 
false  alarm 19-20 

removal  or  disturbance  of 19 

persons,  prior  to  removing  or  in- 
terfering with,  to  notify  the  Su- 
perintendent        19-20 

posting  or  painting  notices,  bills, 
or  advertisem'ents  upon,  prohib- 
ited   31 


PAGE. 

Telegraph— 
prohibiting  any  person  or  corpora- 
tion to  run  any  wires  on   the 

poles  of 33 

prohibiting  wires  from  being  run, 
erected  or  maintained,  crossing 
or  running  parallel  to,  withim  a 
distance  of    six  feet   from  the 

wires  of 33 

prohibiting  any  person  from  false- 
ly representing  himself  to  be  an 

employee  of 33 

Tents  and  cloth-covered  buildings, 

erection  of,  prohibited 145 

Theaters,  etc.,  shall  not  be  visited  by 

any  Police  Ofi&cer  while  on  duty  2 

aisles  and  passage-ways  to  be  kept 
clear  of  chairs  and  obstructions         150 

construction  of 128 

to  be  closed  between  12  o'clock 
midnight  and  daylight  in    the 

morning 24 

representation  of  any  play  tending 

to  profane  religion,  prohibited  in  34 
Tickets   must   not   be    peddled    on 
street   unless  by  licensed  ped- 
dlers    ...  187.-188 

Tide  and  salt  marsh  map  of    State 
lands  in  the  City  and  County 

adopted 161 

Tires  of  truck  wheels,  etc.,  width  of  16 

Traps,  drains  connecting  with  street 

sewers  shall  be  constructed  with  14 

Traveler  defined 8 

Travelers,  none  but,  allowed  to  carry 
concealed  weapons  without  per- 
mit from  Police  Commissioners  8 
Trees,   etc.,    horses    must    not    be 

hitched  or  fastened  to 18 

shall  not  be  used  for  bill-posting 

purposes 16 

ornamental,  may  be  planted   in 

outer  line  of  sidewalk 44 

barriers  for  protection  of .  44 

Trucks,     etc.,     found     obstructing 
streets  may  be  taken  and  sold  by 

the  Chief  of  Police  52 

loads  on,  shall  not  exceed  10,000 

lbs.  in  weight,  proviso 16 

must  have  a  suitable  chain  at- 
tached for  locking  the  wheels 
thereof ig 


214 


INDEX  TO  GENEEAL  ORDERS. 


Turn  TlaftZw  must  not  be  constructed 
within  eleven  feet  of  the  curb 
on  any  street  without  consent  of 
property  owners 

u 

Unclaimed  property,  disposition  of 
Chief  of  Police,  custodian  of,  re- 
port by 

delivei^  of,  to  Property  Clerk. . . . 

return  of,  in  certain  cases 

sale  by  Treasurer,  expenses  of . . . . 

hearing  by  Police  Judge  on  com- 
plaint of  person  interested  in . . 


53 


99 
100 


100 


Vaccination,  gratuitous,  by  Health 

Officer 101 

Vaults,  See  Privy  Vaults,  etc 14 

and  areas,  how  constructed 41-42 

Vehicle,   etc.,    false    representation 

concerning  ownership  of 67 

etc.,  must  be  numbered 67 

number  of,  where  to  be  placed  ...  68 
not  to  be  used  without  being  num- 
bered    68 

number  to  be  given  on  demand.   .  68 

charge  for  number  of 88 

found  obstructing  streets,  etc., 
may  be  seized,  removed  and  sold 

by  Chief  of  Police 52 

(hand-cart  excepted)  not  allowed 
while   unharnessed   to   remain 

upon  public  streets,  etc 17 

shall  not  be  constructed  or  repaired 
upon  any  public  street,  within  ' 

certain  limits 17 

shall  not  stand  in  certain  places. .  65 

hauling  of  loads  on,  limit  to  weight  16 

width  of  tires  of 16 

or  animals  not  to  obstruct  street 

crossings ;...  18 

person  driving  or  having  control 
of  on  public  thoroughfares,  to 
obey  orders  of  police  officers. . .  7-8 

shall  not  be  used  for  the  convey- 
ance of   persons  infected  with 

small-pox,  etc  102 

shall  not  be  used  to  convey  the 
body  of  any  person  who  died  of 
small-pox,  etc 102 


PAGB. 

Vdiicles— 

used  as  job  wagon,  defined 67-6&- 

used  for  conveying  persons  infected 
with  small-pox  shall  not  be  used 
for  other  purposes ....  102 

wheeled  (hand  carriages  excepted) 
shall  not  be  driven,  etc.,  upon 
any  public  sidewalk 17 

washing,  on   streets,  prohibited, 

within  certain  limits IT 

Vessels  having  gunpowder  on  board 

must  be  afloat  at  low  tide 159^ 

w 

Wagons  (job  wagon)  defined 67-68 

etc.,   shall  not  obstruct    street 
crossings 17 

when  found  obstructing  streets, 
etc.,  may  be  seized  and  sold  by 

Chief  of  Police 52 

Walls,  etc.,  to  be  removed  when  dan- 

gerous 147 

division  walls 132 

party  walls 132 

bulkhead  or  area  walls 1 33 

embankment  or  retaining  walls  de- 
fined   133 

stone  walls,  how  constructed 135 

anchoring  walls 134 

Wardens   (Fire  Wardens) ,  Board  of, 

how  constituted 160 

instructions  to 160 

Washing,  animals  and  vehicles *     17 

Water,  rules  and  regulations  for  de- 
livery of,  in  case  of  fire  or  other 
great  necessity 165' 

supply  of,  for  certain  institutions 
and  purposes,  declared  to  be  in- 
dispensably necessary 165 

connections  to  be  made  with  pipes 
and  mains  by  Mayor  to  furnish 
certain  institutions  with 165- 

penalty  for  obstructing  Mayor  from 
making  connections  with  mains 
or  pipes  for  a  supply  of —  165 

to  be  used  not  less  than  four  times 
each  year  to  flush  sewers,  gutters 
and  cesspools,  and  oftener  when 
deemed  necessary  by  the  Board 
of  Health 16» 

connections  with  pipes  and  mains 
of  corporations  to  be  made  by 
F'lre  and  Water  Committee 164 


INDEX  TO   GENERAL   ORDERS. 


215 


PAGB . 

Water— 

flushing  and  cleansing  sewers,  etc., 
with,  work  to  be  performed  by 
Superintendent  of  Public  Streets         164 

oflBcers  and  enaployees  of  corpora- 
tions to  assist  and  not  to  inter- 
fere or  prevent  the  use  of,  for 
flushing  and  cleansing  sewers. . .  164 

penalty  for  preventing  the  use  of 
for  flushing  sewers,  etc 164 

not  to  be  drawn  from  hydrants  ex- 
cept by  competent  authority.   . .  157 

carts,  etc.,  must  have  suitable  lock 
chains  attached 18 

companies  laying  pipes  in  streets 
must  comply  with  certain  con- 
ditions      46-172 

and  gas  pipes,  regulating  the  use 

of  streets  for  laying  down 46-172 

Watering    troughs,    permission    to 

maintain 44 

Waters  of  the  bay,  certain  hours  for 

bathing  therein 22 


Weapons,  concealed,  carrying  of,  pro- 
hibited, without  permit  from 
Police  Commissioners 8 

Wearing  dress  or  apparel  belonging 

to  opposite  sex , 21 

Well  holes,  etc.,  must  be  properly 

secured  at  night 146 

Wheeled  vehicles,  etc.  (hand-carts 
excepted),  not  allowed  to  stand 
or  remain  on  public  streets,  etc.  17 

(children's  hand  carriages  except- 
ed) must  not  be  drawn,  etc.,  upon 
any  public  sidewalk .  18 

Wheels  of  trucks,  etc.,  width  of  tires 

of  carriages,  etc. 16 

shall  not  be  constructed,  etc.,  upon 
any  public  street  within  certain 
limits 17 

Windows,  bay,  construction  of 140 

openings,  construction  of 136 

Women,  etc.,  employment  of,  in 
drinking  saloons,  etc.,  prohib- 
ited   26 


The  foregoing  compilation    includes    all   General  Orders,  as 
amended,  up  to  and  including  April  14,  1884. 


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1884. 


1st  Ward— J.  T.  SULLIVAN N.  E.  Cor.  Jackson  and  Battery  Streets 

2d  Ward— J.  J.  EEICHENBACH 1231  Filbert  Street 

3d  Ward— JOHN  SHIRLEY 536  Kearny  Street 

4th  Ward— CH AS.  H.  BURTON 415  Montgomery  Street 

5th  Ward-J.  HENLEY  SMITH 110  Sutter  Street 

6th  Ward— E.B.  POND 318  Pine  Street 

7th  Ward- JOHN  D.  GRIFFIN 239  Steuart  Street 

8th  Ward— FLEET  F.  STROTHER , 738  Post  Street 

9th  Ward— J.  B.  LEWIS 500  Montgomery  Street 

10th  Ward— HERMAN  RANKEN S.  E.  Cor.  Market  and  Seventh  Streets 

11th  Ward— J.  G.  JAMES 331  Kearny  Street 

12th  Ward— THOMAS  ASHWORTH 806  McAllister  Street 


STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Jtjdiciabt SMITH,  STROTHER,  SHIRLEY 

Finance  and  Auditing POND,  SMITH,  BURTON 

TP       T^  ^x.,,     (....BURTON,  REICHENBACH,  GRIFFIN,  JAMES, 

FiEB  Department    -j  ASHWORTH. 

w  1?^^   j  ..ASHWORTH,  BURTON,  SULLIVAN,  LEWIS, 

Stbeets,  Whaeves,  Etc. -j  GRIFFIN 

.  Public  Buildings  SHIRLEY,  REICHENBACH,  LEWIS 

Water  and  j  gxROTHER,  SHIRLEY,  POND,  BURTON,  RANKEN 

Water  Supplies      ( 

Health  and  Police  and)      STROTHER,  SHIRLEY,  RANKEN,  SMITH, 
House  of  Correction      \  GRIFFIN. 

License  and  Orders SULLIVAN,  ASHWORTH,  LEWIS 

Hospital REICHENBACH,  SMITH,  ASHWORTH 

Printing  and  Salaries RANKEN,  SULLIVAN,  JAMES 

Industrial  School LEWIS,  POND,   BURTON,  JAMES,  GRIFFIN 

Streetlights JAMES,  POND,  LEWIS,   RANKEN,  SULLIVAN 

^^D^^  [  C^RIFFIN,  JAMES,  STROTHER,  ASHWORTH,  REICHENBACH 


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The  following  Table  shows  dates  of  publication  of  Orders  passed 


-NO.  OF 
OBCEB 

PASSED 
TO  PBINT. 

OFFICIAL  PAPER. 

AMENDATOBY  ORDEBS. 

1628 

May9,  1881.       

DaUy  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  2  of  Order  1600 

1639 

June  20,  1881 

Daily  Report. 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  6  of  Order  1597 

1643 

August  1,1881 

Daily  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  HO  of  Order  1588 

1650 

Octobei»31, 1881   ... 

Daily  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  10  of  Order  1611 

1663 

February  20.  1882... 

Daily  Report 

Supplementary  to  Order  1587 

1665 

March  13, 1882 

March  13,  1882 

Daily  Report 

Daily  Report 

Supplementary  to  Order  1587 

1666 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  4  of  Order  1587 

1668 

March  20, 1882 

Daily  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  9  of  Order  1588 

1671 

April  24,  1882 

Daily  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  32  of  Order  1588 

1675 

May  15. 1882 

Daily  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  2  of  Order  1611 

1695 

October  30. 1882.... 

Daily  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  20  of  Order  1587 

1705 

December  18, 1882.. 

Daily  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  63  of  Order  1587 

1706 

December  18,  1882.. 

Daily  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  2  of  Order  1587 

1708 

December  28, 1882.. 

Daily  Report 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  7  of  Order  1587 

1711 

March  19, 1883...     . 

S.  F.  Daily  Report.. 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  28  of  Order  1588 

1714 

April  9, 1883 

S.F.  Daily  Report.. 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  13  of  Order  1588 

1715 

April  30,  1883 

S.F.  Daily  Report.. 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  45  of  Order  1587 

1716 

April  30, 1883 

S.  F.  Daily  Report.. 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  16  of  Order  1587 

1724 

June  18,  1883 

S.F.  Daily  Report.. 

Amend'y  of  Sub.  XXXV  of  §  10,  Order  1589. 

1729 

August  13, 1883.   ... 

S.  F.  Daily  Report. 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  34  of  Order  1588 

1742 

October  8,  1883 

October  22,  1883.... 

S.  E.  Daily  Report . 
S.  F.  Daily  Report.. 

1745 

Amend'y  of  Sub.  XXII  of  Sec.  10,  Order  1589 

1749 

November  26, 1833.. 

S.F.  Daily  Report.. 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  7  of  Order  1599 

1761 

December  10,  1883.. 

S.  F.  Daily  Report.. 

Amendatory  of  Sec.  7  of  Order  1687 

1760 

February  18, 1884... 

S.F.  Daily  Report.. 

Amen'y  of  Sees.  7,  8, 14, 17,  54  of  Order  1752 

1768 

April  7, 1884 

S.F.  Daily  Report.. 

Amendatory  of  Sees.  18  4c  46  of  Order  1752. 

OF   GENERAL   OEDERS. 
amendatory  of  th6  Orders  enumerated  in  the  preceding  Table: 


221 


DAYS  ON  WHICH  PUBLISHED. 


Tuesday,  10th;  Wednesday,  11th;  Thursday,  12th, 

Friday,  13th;  Saturday,  Uth;  May,  1881 

Tuesday,    21st;  Wednesday,  22d;   Thursday,  23d; 

Friday,  24th;  Sat.,  25th;  Mon.,  27th;  June,  1881 
Tuesday,  2d;  Wednesday,  3d;  Thursday,  4th;  Fri- 

day,  5th;  Saturday,  6th;  August,  1881 

Tuesday,    1st;    Wednesday,     2d;    Thursday,  ;id; 

Friday,  4th;  Saturday,  5th;  November,  1881.. 
Tuesday,  21st;  Thursday,  23d;  Friday,  24th:  Sat 

25th;  Mon.,  27th;   Tues.,  28th;  February,  1882. 

Tuesday.  14th:  Wednesday,  15th;  Thursday,  16th; 

Friday,  17th;  Saturday,  18th;  March,  1882..,. 

Tues.,  l4th;Wed.,  15th;  Thurs.,  16th;  Frid. ,17th; 

Sat.,  I8th;  Monday,  20th;  March,  1882 

Tues.,   21st;    Wed.,   22d;  Thurs.,  23d;   Fri.,  24th; 

Sat.,  25th;  Mon.,  27th;  March,  1882 

Tues.,  25th;  Wed.,  26th;  Thurs.,  27th;  Fri.,  28th 

Saturday,  29th  April;   Monday,  1st;  May,  1882- 
Tues.,  16th;  Wed.,  17th;  Thurs.,  18th;  Fri.,  19th 

Saturday,  20th;  Monday,  22d;  May,  1882 

Tuesday,  31st  October;  Wednes.,  1st;  Thurs.,  2d 

Friday,  3d;  Saturday,  4th;  November,  1882.... 
Tuesday,  19th;  Wednes.,   20th;  Thursday,  21st 

Friday,  22d;  Saturday,  23d;  December,  1882... . 
Tuesday,  19th;  Wednesday,  20th;  Thursday,  21st; 

Friday,  22d;  Saturday,  2;jd;  December,  1882.... 
Fri.,  29th;  Sat.,  30th  of  December,  1882;  Tues,  2d: 

Wed.,  3d;  Thurs.,  4th;  Fri.,  5th;  January,  1883. 
Tues.,  20th;  Wed.,  21st;    Thurs.,  22d;  Fri.,  23d; 

Sat.,  24th;  Mon.,  26th;  March,  1883 

Tues.,  10th;  Wed.,  11th;  Thurs.,  12th;  Fri.,  13th; 

Sat.,  14th;  Mon.,  16th;  April,  1883 

Tuesday,    Ist;    Wednesday,    2d;   Thursday,    3d; 

Friday,  4th;  Saturday,  5th;  May,  1883..   

Tuesday,    1st:    Wednesday,    2d;    Thursday,    3d; 

Friday,  4th;   Saturday,  5th;  May,  1883 

Tues.,  19th;  Wed.,  20th;  Thurs.,  21st;  Fri.,  22d: 

Sat.,  23d;  Monday,  25th;  June,  1883 

Tuesday,  Uth;  Wednesday,  15th;  Thursday,  16th; 

Friday,  17tb;  Saturday,  18th;  August,  1883 

Tuesday,  9th;  Wednesday,  10th;   Thursday,  11th; 

Friday,  12th;  Saturday,  13th;  October,  1883.. .. 


DATE  OF 
FINAL  PASSAGE. 


May  16, 1881. 


June  27,  1881. 


August  15,  1881. 


November  7, 1881. 


February  28, 1882. . 


March  20. 1882. 


March  20,1882. 


Tuesday,  23d;  Wednesday,  24th;  Thursday,  25th; 

Friday,  26th;  Saturday,  27th;  October,  1883.. 
Tues.,  27th;  Wed,  28th;  Fri.,  30th  of  November; 

Saturday,  1st;  Monday,  3d;  December,   1883,.. 
Tuesday,  11th;  Wednesday,  12th;  Thursday,  13th; 

Friday,  14th;  Saturday,  15th;  December,  1833.. 
Wednesday,  20th;  Thursday,  21st;  Saturday,  23d; 

Monday,  25th;  Tuesday,  26th;  February,  1884.. 
Tuesday,  8th;  Wednesday,  9th;    Thursday,  10th; 

Friday,  11th;  Saturday,  12th;  April,  1884 


March  27,1882. 


May  1,1882. 


May  22,  1882 

November  6,  1882... 
December  26,  1882.. 
December  26,  1882 . . 

January  5, 1883 

March  26,1883...   . 


DATE   OF 
APPBOVAL  BY  MA  YOB. 


April  23,  1883. 
May  7, 1883... 
May?,  1883... 


June  25,  1883 


August  20,  1883. 


October  15,  1883..., 
October  29, 1883.... 
December  10, 1883., 
December  17, 1883 . 
February  27,  1884.., 
Aprill4,  1884 


May  24, 1881. 

June  28,  1881. 

August  16, 1881. 

November  16, 1881. 

February  28,  1882. 

March  30  1882. 

March  .30, 1882. 

April  5, 1882. 

May  2,  1882. 

May  23,  1882. 

November  16,1882. 
January  6,  1883. 
January  3,  1883. 
January  6, 1883.. 
April  2,  1883. 
May  1,  1883. 
May  8, 1883. 
May  8, 1883. 
June  26, 1883. 
August  21,  1883. 
October  16,  1883. 
October  30,  1883. 
December  11, 1883. 
December  18,  1883. 
March  3,  1884. 


April  15, 1884. 


PABK  COMMISSIONEKS'   OEDINANCES. 


ORDINANCE  No.  1. 

[Adopted  October  27,  1870.] 
The  Park  Commissioners  do  ordain  as  follows : 

[Trespassing  Prohibited,] 

No'person  shall  trespass  on  the  grounds  within  the  limits  of  the  Avenue, 
■Golden  Gate  and  Buena  Vista  Parks. 

No  person  shall  cut  or  remove  from  said  Avenue  and  Parks  any  trees, 
«hrubs,  stakes,  wood,  turf,  grass  or  soil. 

[Custodian  to  arrest  Trespassers.] 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  custodian  of  the  Park  to  arrest  all  trespassers, 
and  all  parties  violating  this  Ordinance. 


\        ORDINANCE  No.  2. 

[Adopted  September  24, 1872.] 

AN  OEDINANCE  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  EEGULATION  AND  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE 
AVENUE  AND  PUBLIC  PARKS  IN  THE  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO, 
IN   CHARGE   OF  THE  PARK  COMMISSIONERS, 

[Objects  of  this  Ordinance.]  • 

Section  1.  The  objects  of  this  Ordinance  are  those  grounds  which  are 
known  as  Golden  Gate  and  Buena  Vista  Parks,  and  the  Avenue  leading  to 
flaid  Golden  Gate  Park,  all  particularly  described  in  the  first  section  of  an 
Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  provide 
for  the  improvement  of  Public  Parks  in  the  City  of  San  Francisco,"  approved 
April  4th,  1870. 

[Prohibiting  certain  misdemeanors.] 

Section  2.    Within  the  said  grounds  all  persons  are  hereby  forbidden: 

1.  To  turn  in  or  let  loose  any  cattle,  horses,  goats,  sheep,  or  swine. 

2.  To  carry  and  especially  to  discharge  firearms. 


CITY  AND   COUNTY   OF    SAN  FBANCISCO.  223 

3.  To  cut,  break,  or  in  anyway  injure  or  deface  any  trees,  shrubs,  plants, 
buildings,  fences,  or  structures  of  any  kind. 

4.  To  bathe  in,  or  otherwise  pollute  the  water  of  any  pond,  lake  or  pool. 

5.  To  chase,  set  snares  for,  catch  or  destroy  any  rabbits,  quails,  or  other 
wild  quadrupeds  or  birds. 

6.  To  make  or  kindle  a  fire  of  any  kind. 

7.  To  camp,  lodge,  or  tarry  over  night. 

8.  To  ride  or  drive  any  horse  or  other  animal,  with  vehicle  or  without, 
elsewhere  than  on  the  roads  or  drives  for  such  purposes  provided. 

9.  To  indulge  in  riotous,  boisterous,  or  indecent  conduct,  or  language. 

10.  To  drive  or  ride  at  a  furious  speed. 

[Restrictions  on  Vehicles.] 

Section  3.  No  dray,  truck,  wagon,  cart,  or  other  vehicle  carrying,  or  if 
not  carrying,  employed  regularly  in  carrying  goods,  merchandise,  manure, 
soil,  or  other  articles,  shall  be  allowed  to  travel  upon  the  drive  of  said  avenue 
for  any  other  purpose  than  to  cross  immediately  at  the  regular  street  inter- 
sections, nor  upon  the  drives  of  said  parks.  For  the  present  the  road  now 
and  heretofore  commonly  traveled  to  and  from  '*  The  Central  Macadamized 
Toll  Koad,"  is  excepted  from  this  rule.  But  all  such  vehicles  shall  be  driven 
over  the  least-worked  portion  of  such  excepted  road  as  directed  by  the 
Superintendent  or  any  of  the  Park  police  officers  hereinafter  mentioned, 
unless  compelled  to  turn  out  in  obedience  to  the  "rule  of  the  road,"  as 
hereinafter  laid  down. 

The  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  also  apply  to  light  vehicles 
regularly  driven  for  business  purposes  between  the  country  beyond  the  parks 
and  the  city. 

rRule  of  the  Road.] 

Section  4.  The  rule  of  the  road  for  equestrians  or  vehicles  meeting  upon 
the  avenue  or  park  drives  shall  be:    Pass  to  the  eight. 

[Pound.] 
Section  5.    See  amendment,  Ordinance  No.  5,  post. 

[Pound  Money  and  Fines. 
Section  6.    See  amendment,  Ordinance  No.  5,  post. 

[Picnics  and  Parties  exceeding  ten  persons.] 

Section  7.  1.  When  the  number  of  participants  in  any  picnic  or  other 
organized  party,  about  to  enter  these  grounds  will  exceed  ten  persons,  they 


224  PARK  commissioners'  ordinances 

or  one  of  them,  shall  communicate  their  intention  to  the  keeper  of  the  gate- 
way at  which  they  enter,  or  to  the  keeper'  of  the  Stanyan  street  entrance^ 
pending  the  appointment  of  keepers  for  the  other  gates. 

2.  Any  company,  society  or  organization  of  any  kind,  being  desirous  of 
resorting  to  these  grounds  in  a  body,  the  number  of  individuals  in  which  will 
exceed  twenty-five,  for  the  purpose  of  picnicing;  any  military  or  other 
organized  company  desirous  of  parading  within  the  same;  any  base  ball, 
cricket,  or  sporting  club  desirous  of  using  the  grounds  set  aside  for  their 
peculiar  purposes,  shall  at  least  one  day  prior  to  the  proposed  date  of  the 
excursion,  report,  or  cause  to  be  reported,  such  intention  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Park  Commissioners,  or  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  Parks  and  Avenues 

3 .  All  waste  material,  scraps,  litter  or  rubbish  of  any  kind  brought  upon 
these  grounds  by  such  picnic  or  other  parties,  shall  be  promptly  collected 
and  removed  by  them  or  their  employees.  In  the  event  of  the  non-observ- 
ance of  this  regulation,  the  actual  cost  of  thoroughly  performing  the  neces- 
sary duty  by  the  Park  force  shall  be  charged,  and  a  bill  for  the  same  be  pre- 
sented to  the  representatives  of  the  organization  so  offending. 

4.  The  representatives  of  any  such  organized  party  which  shall  have 
resorted  to  these  grounds  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  damage  done  through 
any  transgression  of  these  ordinances  by  any  member  of  the  same,  when  the 
offending  individual  in  person  cannot  be  identified . 

[Superintendent  to  enforce  Ordinance.] 

Section  8.  The  Superintendent  of  the  Parks  and  Avenue  is  hereby  instruc- 
ted to  enforce  and  cause  to  be  enforced  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance. 

[Power  to  arrest  given  to  certain  officers.] 

Section  9.  Power  and  authority  are  hereby  given  to  the  Park-Keeper,  the 
Head  Gardener,  the  Foreman  and  the  Foreman  Teamster,  to  arrest  and  detain 
and  deliver  to  the  proper  authorities,  or  in  their  discretion  eject  from  the 
grounds,  all  persons  wilfully  or  knowingly  offending  against  the  provisions 
of  this  Ordinance,  or  any  other  Ordinance  hereafter  to  be  passed  by  said 
Board  for  the  regulation,  use  and  government  of  said  Parks  and  Avenue. 

[Superintendent  given  power  to  arrest.] 

Section  10.  The  Superintendent  is  hereby  clothed  with  the  powers 
enumerated  in  Section  9  of  this  Ordinance. 

[Assistant  Keepers  to  have  power  to  arrest.] 

Section  11.  Whenever  it  may  be  necessary  to  appoint  assistant  keepers^ 
there  shall  be  delivered  to  each  of  them  a  certificate  of  appointment,  signed 
by  a  majority  of  said  Board,  sealed  and  attested  by  the  Secretary.  Said 
assistant  keepers  shall  possess  all  the  powers  enumerated  in  Section  9  of  thi* 


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Ordinance,  but  shall  exercise  the  same  under  the  direction  of  the  Superinten- 
dent, and  report  to  him  forthwith  any  action  which  they  may  take  under  the 
same. 

[Park  Police.] 

Section  12.  The  Park  Keeper,  the  Head  Gardener,  the  Foreman  Teamster 
and  such  assistant  keepers  as  may  be  appointed  as  aforesaid,  shall  constitute 
the  Park  Police,  and  shall  provide  themselves  with  a  badge  of  office  consist- 
ing of  a  metallic  star,  inscribed  with  the  words  "Park  Police,"  and  the 
initials  of  the  words  indicating  their  particular  office.  A  roll  number  shall  be 
added  to  the  initials  on  the  badges  of  the  assistant  keepers. 

[Secretary  to  publish.] 

Section  13.  The  Secretary  of  said  Board  shall,  within  five  days  after  the 
passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  and  certify  an  accurate  copy  of  the  same, 
and  cause  the  same  to  be  published,  as  required  by  law,  for  ten  days,  Sun- 
days excepted;  and  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  fifteen  days  after  its 
passage. 


ORDINANCE  No.  3. 

[Adopted  May  23d,  1873,1 


Section  1.  The  object  of  this  Ordinance  is  that  ground  known  as  the 
Golden  Gate  Park,  as  described  in  the  first  section  of  an  Act  of  the  Legisla- 
ture of  the  State  of  California,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  Improve- 
ment of  Public  Parks  in  the  City  of  San  Francisco,"  approved  April  4th, 
1870. 

[Begtilates  Width  of  Tires  on  Vehicles.] 

Section  2.  All  vehicles  used  regularly  for  business  purposes  in  hauling 
material  or  produce  over  the  roads  in  the  said  Park,  shall  rest  upon  tires  at 
least  three  and  one-half  (3%)  inches  wide. 

[Regulates  Width  of  Tires  on  Trucks  and  Wagons.] 

Section  3.  All  trucks  or  wagons,  other  than  those  fitted  with  steel  springs, 
used  regularly  in  transporting  heavy  loads  of  material  of  any  description 
over  the  said  roads,  shall  rest  upon  tires  at  least  five  (5)  inches  wide. 

[Secretary  to  Pubish.] 

Section  4.  The  Secretary  of  said  Board  shall,  within  five  days  after  the 
passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  and  certify  an  accurate  copy  of^jthe  same, 
and  cause  the  same  to  be  published,  as  required  by  law,  for  ten  days,  Sun- 
days excepted;  and  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  fifteen  days  after  its  passage. 


226  PAEK  commissioners'  ordinances 

ORDINANCE  No.  4. 

[Adopted  May  29,  1874.] 
[Time  for  Closing  Gates.] 

Section  1.  The  object  of  this  Ordinance  is  those  grounds  known  as  the 
Golden  Gate  Park  and  the  Avenue  leading  thereto,  as  described  in  the  first 
section  of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  entitled  "  An 
Act  to  provide  for  the  Improvement  of  Public  Parks  in  the  City  of  San  Fran- 
cisco," approved  April  4th,  1870. 

Section  2.  All  the  gates  of  the  said  Golden  Gate  Park,  and  of  the  Avenue 
leading  to  the  same,  shall  be  closed  on  and  after  July  1,  1874,  at  8  o'clock  of 
each  and  every  evening,  and  opened  at  5  o'clock  of  each  and  every  morning, 
and  any  travel  upon  the  roads  or  other  use  of  the  grounds  aforesaid,  while 
the  gates  thereof  are  so  closed,  shall  be  deemed  a  misdemeanor. 

Section  3.  The  Secretary  of  the  said  Board  shall,  within  five  days  after 
the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  and  certify  to  an  accurate  copy  of  the 
same,  and  cause  the  same  to  be  published,  as  required  by  law,  for  ten  days, 
Sundays  excepted;  and  this  Ordinance  shall  take  efftct  on  and  after  the 
first  day  of  July,  1874. 

[Adopted  August  31, 1876.] 

**In  compliance  with  petitions  from  many  citizen^,  and  the  request  of  his 
Honor  the  Mayor  and  the  Board  of  Supervisors: 

"  Resolved,  That  the  gates  of  Golden  Gate  Park  be  kept  open  on  moonlight 
nights  until  11  o'clock,  p.  m.,  until  further  orders,  and  that  the  Tower  Bell  be 
rung  at  half-past  10  o'clock,  p.m.,  to  notify  all  persons  in  the  Park  that  the 
gates  are  about  to  be  closed." 


ORDINANCE  No.  5. 

[Adopted  June  8th,  1874.] 

AN  OBDINANCB  AME«DAT0EY  OP  OBDINANCE  NO.  2  OF  THIS   BOABD. 

Section  1.  Section  5  of  Ordinance  No.  2  of  this  Board,  duly  adopted 
September  24,  1872,  shall  hereafter  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 
"Section  5.  There  is  hereby  established  a  pound,  to  be  located  within  the  Park 
limits,  for  the  impounding  of  the  animals  mentioned  in  the  first  subdivision 
of  Section  2  of  this  Ordinance,  and  of  all  strays  found  trespassing  upon  said 


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grounds.  All  such  animals  shall  be  driven  or  carried  to  the  pound,  and  there 
kept  enclosed  at  a  charge  to  their  owners  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  per  day,  or 
fraction  of  a  day,  for  each  animal  so  impounded.  Animals  thus  impounded 
may  be  released  only  upon  proof  of  property  and  payment  of  the  full  charges 
recorded  against  them  to  the  Superintendent  or  Park  Keeper,  who  shall  give 
a  receipt  in  writing  for  each  such  sum  collected.  If  unclaimed  for  three  days,  all 
such  animals  shall  be  impounded  in  the  City  Pound,  and  the  Superintendent 
or  Park  Keeper  shall  collect  the  legal  fees  for  such  impounding." 

Section  2.  Section  6  of  said  Ordinance  No.  2,  shall  hereafter  be  amended 
to  read  as  follows:  "All  moneys  accruing  from  the  pound  charges  and  fees 
aforesaid  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Board,  and  such  moneys, 
as  well  as  those  collected  as  fines  from  offenders  against  any  of  the  provisions 
of  the  Ordinance,  shall  be  placed  in  the  *  Park  Improvement  Fund,'  and  duly 
accounted  for." 

Section  3.  The  Secretary  of  said  Board  shall,  within  five  days  after  the 
passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  and  certify  to  an  accurate  copy  of  the  same, 
and  cause  the  same  to  be  published,  as  required  by  law,  for  ten  days,  Sundays 
excepted;  and  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  fifteen  days  after  its  passage. 


OEDINANCE  No.  6. 

[Adopted  June  8,  1874.] 
[Regulating  Vehicles  carrying  Freight.] 

Section  1.  The  object  of  this  Ordinance  is  those  grounds  known  as  the 
Golden  Gate  Park  and  the  Avenue  leading  thereto,  as  described  in  the  first 
section  of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  entitled  "  An 
Act  to  provide  for  the  Improvement  of  Public  Parks  in  the  City  of  San 
Francisco,"  approved  April  4,  1870. 

Section  2.  No  dray,  truck,  wagon,  cart,  or  other  vehicle  carrying,  or  if 
not  carrying,  employed  regularly  in  carrying  goods,  merchandise,  manure, 
soil,  or  other  articles  of  commerce  or  trade,  shall  be  allowed  to  travel  upon 
the  drives  of  said  Avenue  for  any  other  purpose  than  to  cross  immediately 
at  the  regular  street  intersections,  nor  upon  any  of  the  drives  of  the  said 
Park,  except  such  regular  transverse  traffic  road  as  may  hereafter  be  provided 
for  such  use. 

Section  3.  The  Secretary  of  the  Board  shall  cause  this  Ordinance  to  be 
published  in  compliance  with  the  terms  of  the  law  above  mentioned,  and  it 
shall  take  effect  on  and  after  the  first  day  of  July,  a.  d.  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy-five  (1875). 


228  PARK  commissioners'  ordinances 

ORDINANCE  No.  7. 

[Adopted  March  1, 1875.] 

[Regulating  Speed.] 

Section  1.  The  object  of  this  Ordinance  is  to  regulate  the  rate  of  speed" 
at  which  it  may  be  lawful  to  ride  or  drive  upon  the  roads  within  the  grounds 
known  as  the  Golden  Gate  Park,  and  the  Avenue  leading  thereto. 

Section  2.  All  persons  are  hereby  prohibited  from  riding  or  driving  upon 
the  said  roads  at  a  rate  of  speed  exceeding  that  of  a  mile  in  six  (6)  minutes^ 
or  ten  (10)  miles  per  hour. 

Section  3.  The  Secretary  of  said  Board  shall,  within  five  days  after  the 
passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  and  certify  to  an  accurate  copy  of  the 
same,  and  cause  the  same  to  be  published,  as  required  by  law,  for  ten  days, 
Sundays  excepted;  and  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  fifteen  (15)  days  after 
its  passage. 


ordinance  No.  8. 

[Adopted  September  5,  1881.] 


Section  1.  The  objects  of  this  Ordinance  are  those  grounds  known  as 
Golden  Gate  and  Buena  Vista  Parks  and  the  Avenue  leading  thereto,  as 
described  in  the  first  section  of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of 
California,  entitled  *'  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  Improvement  of  Public  Parks 
in  the  City  of  San  Francisco,"  approved  April  4th,  1870. 

Section  2.  The  Superintendent  is  authorized  to  receive  a  deposit  of  $20 
from  any  person  arrested  for  an  offense  committed  on  the  Park,  such  deposit 
to  guarantee  said  person's  appearance  in  Court;  all  moneys  forfeited  by  non- 
appearance to  be  deposited  in  the  City  and  County  Treasury  to  the  benefit  of 
the  Park  Improvement  Fund. 

Section  3.  The  Secretary  of  said  Board  shall,  within  five  days  after  the 
passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  and  certify  to  an  accurate  copy  of  the  same, 
and  cause  the  same  to  be  published,  as  required  by  law,  for  ten  days,  Sundays 
excepted;  and  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  fifteen  days  after  its  passage. 


ORDINANCE  No.  9. 
[Approved  September  29, 1881.] 

Section  1.  The  subject  of  this  Ordinance  is  those  grounds  known  as  the 
Golden  Gate  Park  and  the  Avenue  leading  thereto,  as  described  in  the  first 
section  of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  entitled  "An. 


CITY  AND   COUNTY   OF   SAN  FRANCISCO.  229 

Act  to  provide  for  the  Improvemenf  of  Public  Parks  in  the  City  of  San  Fran- 
cisco," approved  April  4th,  1870,  including  also  that  certain  road  mentioned 
in  Order  number  one  thousand  four  hundred  and  sixteen  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  and  also  mentioned  in 
Section  first  of  that  certain  statute  of  the  State  of  California,  passed  April 
1st,  1878,  and  entitled  '  *  An  Act  to  extend  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Park  Com- 
missioners over  a  certain  highway  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco," 
■\rhich  said  road  commences  at  Central  Avenue  and  extends  to  the  Pacific 
Ocean. 

Section  2.  All  persons  occupying  or  squatting  upon  any  portion  of  the 
grounds  or  avenues,  or  roads  or  sidewalks  of  said  Golden  Gate  Park,  who 
After  written  notice  from  the  Superintendent  of  said  Park  to  remove  there- 
from, shall  fail  or  neglect  to  move  therefrom,  within  twelve  hours  after 
receipt  of  such  written  notice,  shall  be  punished  according  to  law,  as  offend- 
ing against  an  Order  of  this  Board. 

Section  3.  The  Secretary  of  said  Board  shall  within  five  days  after  the 
passage  of  this  Ordinance,  make  and  certify  to  an  accurate  copy  of  the  same, 
and  cause  the  same  to  be  published,  as  required  by  law,  for  ten  days,  Sundays 
■excepted;  and  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  fifteen  days  after  its  passage. 


ORDINANCE  No.  10. 

[Adopted  January  11,  1884.] 

[Preamble.] 


Wheeeas,  The  Park  Commissioners,  deeming  the  same  necessary  for  the 
Tegulation,  use  and  government  of  Golden  Gate  and  Buena  Vista  Parks  and 
the  Avenue  leading  thereto,  the  Great  Highway,  IVLountain  Lake  Park,  Point 
Lobos  avenue,  and  such  other  streets,  parks  and  places  as  are  placed  under 
the  jurisdiction  and  control  of  said  Park  Commissioners,  by,  and  as  described 
in  those  certain  acts  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  entitled, 
*'  An  Act  for  the  Improvement  of  public  parks  in  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco,"  approved  April  4,  1870;  "An  Act  concerning  certain 
Public  Reservations  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,"  approved 
March  11,  1874,  "An  Act  to  extend  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Park  Commis- 
sioners over  a  certain  highway  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco," 
approved  April  1,  1878,  and  all  acts  amendatory  thereof  and  supplementary 
-thereto,  do  ordain  and  adopt  as  rules,  ordinances  and  regulations  for  the 
use  and  government  of,  and  as  exclusively  applicable  to,  the  said  named 
parks,  avenue,  highway,  streets  and  places,  the  following,  namely : 


230  PARK  commissioners'  ordinances 

[Trespassing  on  Golden  Gate  and  Buena  Vista  Parks  and  Avenue,  the  Great  Highway,, 
Mountain  Lake  Park,  and  Point  Lobos  Avenue,  prohibited.] 

Section  1 .  No  person  shall  trespass  on  the  grounds  within  the  limits  of 
Golden  Gate  and  Buena  Vista  Parks  and  Avenue  leading  thereto,  the  Great 
Highway,  Mountain  Lake  Park,  Point  Lobos  avenue,  and  such  other  streets^ 
parks  and  places  as  are  placed  under  the  jurisdiction  and  control  of  the  Park 
Commissioners. 

[Cutting  ol  Trees,  Shrubs,  etc.,  prohibited.] 

No  person  shall  cut  or  remove  from  said  Avenue  and  Parks  any  trees,  shrubs,, 
stakes,  wood,  turf,  grass  or  soil. 

[Arrest  of  Trespassers.] 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  custodian  of  the  Park  to  arrest  all  trespassers 
and  all  parties  violating  this  Ordinance. 


[Grates  to  be  opened  at  5  o'clock  and  closed  at  8  o'clock— Travel  on  the.Roads,  when  Gates  are 
closed,  a  misdemeanor.] 

Section  2.  All  the  gates  of  the  said  Golden  Gate  Park,  and  the  Avenue  lead- 
ing to  the  same,  shall  be  closed  at  8  o'clock  of  each  and  every  evening,  and 
opened  at  5  o'clock  of  each  and  every  morning,  and  any  travel  upon  the 
roads  or  other  use  of  the  grounds  aforesaid,  while  the  gates  thereof  are  so 
closed,  shall  be  deemed  a  misdemeanor. 

[Travel  of  loaded  Vehicles  engaged  in  ordinary  trafllc  over  the  roads,  except  to  cross  the 
Park  at  regular  street-crossings,  prohibited.] 

Section  3.  No  dray,  truck,  wagon,  cart  or  other  vehicle,  carrying,  or  if. 
not  carrying,  employed  regularly  in  carrying  goods,  merchandise,  manure,, 
soil  or  other  articles  of  commerce  or  trade,  shall  be  allowed  to  travel  upon 
the  drives  of  the  said  Avenue  for  any  other  purposes  than  to  cross  immedi- 
ately at  the  regular  street  intersections,  nor  upon  any  of  the  ether  drives  of 
the  said  Park,  except  such  regular  transverse  traffic  road  as  may  hereafter  be 
provided  for  such  use. 

[Squatting  on  the  Park  Grounds  or  Avenues  prohibited.] 

Section  4.  All  persons  occupying  or  squatting  upon  any  portion  of  the 
grounds,  or  avenues,  or  roads  or  sidewalks  of  said  Golden  Gate  Park,  who, 
after  written  notice  from  the  Superintendent  of  said  Park  to  remove  therefrom,, 
shall  fail  or  neglect  to  move  therefrom  within  twelve  hours  after  receipt  of 
such  written  notice,  shall  be  punished  according  to  law,  as  offending  agiiinsfc. 
an  Order  of  this  Board. 


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[Erection  of  Buildings,  Fences,  etc.,  on  grounds  of  Parks  or  Highways,  prohibited. — 
Superintendent  of  Park  and  Superintendent  of  Streets  to  abate  all  such  nuisances,  etc.] 

Section  5.  No  person  or  persons  shall  build,  put,  place,  erect,  have  or 
keep,  or  cause  to  be  built,  put,  placed,  erected,  had  or  kept,  any  fence,  build- 
ing, erection  or  obstruction,  article  or  thing  whatever,  upon  any  part  of  any 
or  either  of  said  Parks,  Avenue,  Highway,  streets  or  places,  or  place  or  main- 
tain any  nuisance,  article  or  thing  whicb  shall  in  any  manner  obstruct  any 
part  of  any  or  either  of  said  Parks,  Avenue,  Highway,  streets  or  places,  or  in 
any  way  prevent,  hinder  or  impair  their  full  and  free  use  and  enjoyment.  It 
is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Golden  Gate  Park  and  the 
Superintendent  of  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares  of  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  severally,  and  they  are  severally  hereby  authorized,  directed 
and  required  to  summarily  abate  all  such  nuisances  and  remove  all  fences, 
buildings,  erections  and  obstructions,  articles  and  things  placed  upon,  or  in 
any  manner  obstructing  any  part  of  any  or  either  of  said  Parks,  Avenue, 
highway,  streets  or  places,  or  preventing,  hindering,  or  impairing  the  full  and 
free  use  and  enjoyment  thereof. 

Should  the  materials  constituting  such  nuisances  or  obstructions  appear  to 
the  officers  removing  them  to  be  of  any  value,  they  may  be  removed  to  such 
place  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  Park  Commissioners  or  the  Mayor  of  said 
City  and  County. 

[Selling   articles  in  Parks  or  on  Avenues,  etc.,  without  consent  of  Park  Commissioners, 

prohibited.] 

Section  6.  No  person  or  persons  shall,  upon  any  part  of  any  or  either  of 
said  Parks,  Avenue,  Highway,  streets  or  places,  vend  or  sell,  or  offer  to  vend 
or  sell,  any  article  or  thing  whatever,  without  the  written  license  and  consent 
thereto  of  the  Park  Commissioners. 

[Breach  of  any  of  the  foregoing  Rules  a  Misdemeanor.— Conflicting  Ordinances  repealed  ] 

Section  7.  Disobedience  of  any  of  the  foregoing  rules,  regulations  and 
Ordinances  shall  be  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  according  to  law;  and  all  rules 
and  Ordinances  conflicting  or  inconsistent  with  the  foregoing  Ordinances  are 
hereby  repealed. 

[Ordinance  to  take  effect  twenty  days  after  Passage,  to  wit:  February  1,  1884.] 

Section  8.  The  foregoing  Ordinances  shall  take  efl'ect  and  be  in  force 
twenty  days  after  their  passage,  and  they  are  hereby  ordered  to  be  published 
for  ten  days,  Sundays  excepted,  in  the  San  Francisco  Daily  Report,  a  daily 
newspaper  published  in  said  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  State  of 
California,  hereby  selected  for  that  purpose  by  said  Park  Commissioners. 
A  true  copy.    Attest: 

VALENCE  V.  BLOCH, 

Secretary  of  Park  Commissioners. 


INDEX 


TO 


PARK   COMMISSIONERS'    ORDINANCES. 


OKDINANCE  No.  I. 

^age 222. Trespassing  on  the  Park  grounds  forbidden. 
"    222. Duty  of  custodian  of  Park  to  arrest  trespassers. 


ORDINANCE  No.  II. 

To  Provide  for  the  Regulation  and  Government  of  the  Avenues  and  Public 
Parks  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  in  Charge  of  the  Park 
Commissioners. 

222. Relating  to  Golden  Gate  and  Buena  Vista  parks,  etc Sec.    1 

222. Forbidding  the  discharging  of  fire  arms,  destroying  birds,  shrubs,  etc.,  etc.. Sec.    2 
223 .Forbidding  the  driving  of  vehicles  otherwise  than  provided  by  this  section. Sec.    3 

223. Rule  of  the  road;  pass  to  the  right Sec.    4 

227. Establishes  a  pound  within  the  Park  limits Sec.    5 

227. Relates  to  disposition  of  funds  from  pound  charges,  and  fines  for  violation 

of  Park  Ordinances Sec.    6 

223  Relates  to  use  of  Park  for  picnic  parties,  etc Sec.  ^7 

224 .  Superintendent  of  the  Parks  and  Avenues  to  enforce  Ordinances Sec.    8 

224. Power  to  arrest  given  to  Park  keeper,  head  gardener,  the  foreman  and  fore- 
man teamster .. . Sec.    9 

224 .  Superintend (-nt  has  power  conferred  by  Section  9 Sec.  10 

224.  Assistant  keepers  have  power  conferred  by  Section  9 Sec.  11 

225. Park  ofificers  to  wear  metallic  star  with  words  "Park  Police" Sec.  12 

225. Secretary  of  Board  to  make  and  certify  copy Sec.  13 

225 .  Ordinance  totake  effect  fifteen  days  after  passage Sec.  13 


ORDINANCE  No,  III. 

Relating  to  Vehicles. 

225. Prescribing  the  width  of  tires  for  vehicles  hauling  material  in  Golden  Gate 

Park Sec.  2 

225  .Prescribing  the  width  of  tires  for  vehicles  not  having  steel  springs Sec.  3 

225 .  Secretary  to  make  and  certify  copy  within  5  days  after  passage  of  Ordinance. .  Sec.  4 


INDEX  TO  PARK  COMMISSIONERS'  ORDINANCES.  233 

ORDINANCE  No.  IV. 

Page 226. Prescribing  time  for  closing  Park  gates Sec.    1 

ORDINANCE  No.  V. 

Amendatory  of  Ordinance  No.  II. 

*'    226. Section  5  of  Ordinance  No.  II  amended Sec.    1 

"    227. Section  6  of  Ordinance  No.  II  amended Sec.    1 

"    227 .  Secretary  to  make  and  certify  copy  within  5  days  after  passage  of  Ordinance . ,  Sec.    3 

OKDINANCE  No.  VI. 

Relating  to  Drives  on  Avenues. 

"    227. Prohibits  vehicles  doing  a  carrying  business  from  traveling  on  Park  drives 

or  avenues Sec.    2 

-"    227 .  Ordinance  to  take  effect  July  1,  1875 Sec.    3 

ORDINANCE  No.  VII. 

Regulating  Speed  of  Vehicles. 
"    228. Prohibits  riding  or  driving  at  a  rate  of  speed  exceeding  10  miles  per  hour.  Sec.    2 

ORDINANCE  No.  VIII. 

"    228. Designating  the  Golden  Gate  and  Buena  Vista  Parks  as  the  Grounds  referred 

to  in  the  Ordinance Sec.    1 

■"    228. Superintendent  authorized  to  receive  $20  ball  from  persons  arrested,  to 

secure  their  attendance  in  Court Sec.    2 

*'  228. Secretary  to  certify  to  au  accurate  copy  of  this  Ordinance,  and  cause  the 
same  to  be  published  according  to  law.  Ordinance  to  take  effect  fifteen 
days  after  its  passage,  to  wit:  September  21, 1881 Sec.    3 

ORDINANCE  No.  IX. 

« '    228 .  Relating  to  Golden  Gate  Avenue  and  Point  Lobos  road : Sec .  1 

-'    229. Squatting  on  any  portion  of  the  Park  or  avenue  forbidden Sec.  2 

"^    229. Secretary  to  publish  Ordinance.    Ordinance  to  take  effect  15  days  after  its 

passage,  to  wit:  October  14,  1881 Sec.  2 


234  INDEX  TO   PAKE  COMMISSIONERS'    ORDINANCES. 

ORDINANCE  No.  X. 

Preamble. 

Page  229. Trespassing  on  Golden  Gate  and  Buena  Vista  Parks,  Avenues,  Great  High- 
way, Mountain  Lake  Park  or  Point  Lobos  Avenue  prohibited Sec.  1 

"    230.Cutting  of  trees  or  shrubs,  etc.,  prohibited Sec.  1 

"    230. Arrest  of  trespassers Sec.  1 

'♦    230. Time  for  opening  and  closing  gates Sec.  2 

"    230. Travel  of  loaded  vehicles  engaged  in  ordinary  traflfic  on  the  roads— except 

crossing  the  Park  at  regular  street  crossings— prohibited Sec.  3 

'•    230. Squatting  on  Park  grounds  or  Avenues  prohibited Sec.  4 

"    231. Erection  of  buildings  or  fences,  etc.,  on  grounds  of  Parks  or  Highways 
prohibited;  Superintendent  of  Park  and  Superintendent  of  Streets  to 

abate  all  such  nuisances Sec.  5 

"    231. Selling  articles  in  Parks  or  on  Avenues,  etc.,  without  permission  of  Park 

Commissioners,  prohibited Sec.  6 

"    231 .  Breach  of  foregoing  rules  a  misdemeanor Sec.  7 

"    231.0rdinance  to  take  eflfecjt  February  1,  1884 Sec.  8 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 

—or— 

The  Board  of  Health 


[Adopted  July  10th,  1883.] 


PLUMBING-  AND  DRAINAGE. 

In  pursuance  of  the  Act  of  the  Legislature  entitled  '*  An  Act  to  grant  to 
Boards  of  Health  in  cities  and  cities  and  counties  the  power  to  regulate  the 
plumbing  and  drainage  of  buildings,"  approved  March  15, 1883,  the  Board  of 
Health  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  has  adopted  the  following 
rules  and  regulations,  to  take  effect  August  1st,  1883. 

1.  All  material  must  be  of  good  quality,  and  free  from  defects.  The  work 
must  be  executed  in  a  thorough,  workmanlike  manner. 

2.  The  arrangement  of  soil  and  waste  pipes  must  be  as  direct  as  possible. 
The  drain,  soil  and  waste  pipes,  and  the  traps,  should  be  exposed  to  view 
for  ready  inspection  at  all  times,  and  for  convenience  in  repairing. 

3.  Every  house  or  building  must  be  connected  with  the  street  sewer  by  a 
cast-iron  or  iron-stone  pipe  extending  out  to  the  line  of  the  street,  and,  in 
the  case  of  buildings  erected  on  the  line  of  street,  said  cast-iron  pipe  shall 
extend  three  feet  beyond  the  front  walls  or  any  area  wall.  From  the  point* 
above  designated  to  the  street  sewer,  the  drain  shall  be  continued  either  by^ 
the  above-mentioned  cast-iron  pipe  or  by  a  vitrified  iron-stone  pipe  laid  at  a 
uniform  grade  from  the  street  sewer  to  the  point  of  juncture  with  the  cast- 
iron  pipe.  All  joints  on  said  iron-stone  pipe  shall  be  made  with  Portland 
cement,  and  each  joint  of  pipe  when  laid  must  be  properly  cleaned  on  the 
inside  by  a  suitable  scraper  before  the  succeeding  pipe  is  put  in  place.  All 
joints  on  a  cast-iron  pipe  shall  be  made  with  a  suitable  packing  of  hemp  or 
oakum,  and  run  full  with  molten  lead  and  properly  caulked. 

4.  Every  house  or  building  hereafter  erected  must  have  the  house  drain 
constructed  of  cast  iron  where  it  lies  under  the  building;  but  when  the  house 
drain  is  outside  the  building  lines,  or  where  there  is  an  open  space  under 
the  house  of  four  (4)  feet  clear  in  bight,  it  may  be  of  iron-stone  pipe.  'J  he 
house  drain  must  have  a  fall  of  at  least  one  quarter  of  an  inch  to  the  foot; 
it  should  run  along  the  cellar  wall  where  practicable,  or  if  laid  under  the 


^236  RULES   AND   REGULATIONS   OF 

lower  floor  of  a  building  should  be  hung  in  iron  straps  securely  fastened  to 
the  floor  joists;  it  should  be  laid  in  as  straight  a  line  as  possible.  All  changes 
in  direction  must  be  made  with  curved  pipes,  and  all  connections  with  Y 
branches  and  one-eighth  bends,  with  a  trap  placed  under  the  sidewalk,  and 
have  a  curbed  casing,  so  as  to  be  easy  of  access  at  ail  times.  The  trap  must 
be  provided  with  a  fresh  air  inlet  on  the  house  side  of  the  water  seal,  of  at 
least  four  inches  in  diameter,  leading  to  the  outer  air.  No  brick,  sheet  metal 
■or  earthenware  flue  shall  be  used  as  a  sewer  ventilator,  nor  shall  any  chimney 
flue  be  used  for  this  purpose. 

5.  Every  soil  pipe  shall  be  of  cast-iron;  waste  pipes  shall  be  of  cast-iron, 
wrought  iron  or  lead. 

6.  All  cast-iron  pipe  and  fittings  must  be  coated  both  inside  and  outside 
with  coal-tar  pitch,  applied  hot;  or  some  other  equivalent  substance. 

7.  All  iron  soil  or  waste  pipes,  before  being  covered  up,  must  have  all 
openings  stopped,  and  be  filled  with  water  and  allowed  to  stand  until  inspected 
and  approved.  All  connections  of  lead  with  iron  pipe,  must  be  made  with  a 
brass  ferrule  of  the  same  size  as  the  lead  pipe,  and  caulked  into  the  iron  pipe 
and  connected  to  the  lead  pipe  by  a  wiped  joint.  All  connections  of  lead  pipe 
should  be  wiped  joints. 

8.  Every  water-closet,  sink,  basin,  bath  or  set  of  wash  trays  or  other 
vessel  connected  with  the  drain  pipes,  must  be  separately  and  effectively 
trapped.     The  traps  must  be  placed  as  near  the  fixtures  as  practicable. 

9.  Traps  must  be  protected  from  syphonage  by  special  air  pipes  of  lead, 
wrought  iron,  or  cast  iron,  not  less  than  the  size  of  waste  pipes,  and,  if  to 
supply  air  to  traps  of  water-closets,  not  less  than  two  inches  in  diameter, 
if  for  a  single  closet  and  the  length  does  not  exceed  fifteen  feet.  These  pipes 
must  extend  two  ieet  above  the  highest  point  of  roof  or  coping,  or  they  may 
"be  branched  into  the  soil  pipe  three  feet  above  the  highest  fixture,  they  may 
be  combined  by  branching  together  those  which  serve  several  traps.  These  air 
pipes  must  always  have  a  continuous  slope,  to  avoid  collecting  water  by  con- 
densation. 

10.  Every  safe  under  a  basin,  bath,  urinal,  water-closet,  tank,  or  other 
fixture,  must  be  drained  by  a  special  pipe  of  lead  or  wrought  iron,  not  directly 
connected  with  any  soil,  waste  pipe,  drain  or  sewer,  but  made  to  discharge 
outside  the  house. 

11.  Rainwater  leaders  must  never  be  used  as  soil,  waste  or  vent  pipes, 
nor  shall  any  soil,  waste  or  vent  pipes  be  used  as  a  rainwater  leader.  All 
leaders  from  points  below  main  roof  must  discharge  into  open  trapped 
hoppers,  or  on  the  surface  of  the  ground. 

12.  No  steam  exhaust  will  be  allowed  to  connect  with  any  drain,  soil  or 
■waste  pipe. 


THE   BOAED   OF   HEALTH.  237 

13.  All  waste  pipes  from  all  interior  plumbing,  exclusive  of  "water-closets^ 
shall  discharge  into  an  open  trapped  hopper,  except  where  a  building  covers 
.the  entire  width  of  the  lot  of  ground. 

14.  Every  line  of  waste  and  soil  pipe  must  extend  full  bore  to  the  ridge  of 
the  roof  or  two  (2)  feet  above  the  fire  walls.  When  not  more  than  one  water- 
closet  on  the  basement  and  first  floor  of  a  building  connect  with  a  line  of 
soil  pipes,  an  air  pipe  of  cast  or  wrought  iron  two  (2)  inches  in  diameter  ex- 
tending to  the  ridge  of  the  roof,  or  two  feet  above  fire  walls,  may  be  used. 

15.  All  leaders,  soil,  waste  and  air  pipes  inside  of  buildings,  before  being 
covered  up,  must  have  all  openings  stopped  up  and  be  filled  with  water.  The 
said  test  shall  be  made  in  the  presence  of  the  Inspector  of  Plumbing,  and  if 
satisfactory  he'shall  issue  a  proper  certificate. 

16.  All  iron  stone  pipe-house  drains,  under  houses,  shall,  after  being  laid^ 
be  allowed  to  remain  uncovered  until  inspected  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector 
of  the  Board  of  Health. 

17.  On  and  after  the  first  day  of  August,  a.  d.  1883,  all  plumbers  doing 
business  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  shall  register,  pursuant  ta 
the  provision  of  the  Act  of  the  Legislature,  approved  March  16,  1883,  at  the 
Office  of  the  Board  of  Health. 

18.  Every  master  plumber,  before  he  shall  be  allowed  to  be  registered, 
shall  give  a  bond  to  the  State  of  California  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars, 
with  two  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties 
as  plumber;  which  said  bond  shall  be  approved  by  and  filed  with  the  Board 
of   Health. 

19.  There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Health  an  Inspector  of 
Plumbing  and  Drainage.  He  shall  take  and  subscribe  to  an  oath  that  he  will 
faithfully  perform  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  shall,  before  entering  upon  his 
duties,  execute  a  bond  to  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  in  the  sum  of 
five  thousand  dollars,  with  two  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  conditioned  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  for  the  benefit  of 
persons  aggrieved  by  his  acts  or  neglect.  Said  bond  shall  be  approved  by 
and  filed  with  the  Board  of  Health. 

20.  The  salary  of  the  Inspector  shall  be  fixed  at  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  dollars  per  month. 


[Duties  of  Inspector.] 

First.  He  shall  be  in  attendance  at  the  Health  Office  between  the  hours  of 
8  and  9  a.  m.  and  4  and  5  p.  m.,  to  receive  plans  of  proposed  plumbing  and 
drainage,  and  to  make  appointments  ^or  the  inspection  of  work  in  the  course 
of  construction. 


^38  RULES  AND   REGULATIONS  OF 

Second.  He  shall  number  and  file  all  plans  and  specifications  accepted,  and 
record  the  names  of  the  owner  and  architect,  and  the  location. 

Third.  He  shall  examine  all  plans  and  the  accompanying  specifications^ 
and  if  in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  the  Board  of  Health,  he  shall  issue  a 
permit  for  the  work  to  go  on.  Any  plan  or  specification  that  in  his  judgment 
does  not  conform  to  the  rules,  shall  be,  by  him,  presented  to  the  Health  Offl- 
cer,  and  if  not  then  approved,  they  shall  be  returned  to  the  parties  present- 
ing them,  with  a  note  explaining  the  corrections  necessary  to  have  them  com- 
ply with  the  rules. 

Fourth.  He  shall  examine  all  plumbing  work  before  the  same  is  covered  up 
or  encloeed,  and  if  found  to  have  been  done  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and 
the  plans  and  specifications  filed,  he  shall  issue  a  certificate  to  that  effect;  and 
upon  the  completion  of  any  plumbing  work,  he  shall  examine  the  same;  and 
if  found  to  conform  to  the  rules  of  the  Board  of  Health,  and  the  plans  and 
specifications  filed,  he  shall  issue  a  final  certificate. 

Fifth.  He  must  make  a  monthly  report  to  the  Board  of  Health,  of  the 
number  of  plans  and  specifications  received;  the  number  approved  and 
rejected;  also  stating  the  number  of  first  and  final  examinations  made,  and 
where  and  by  whom  the  rules  have  been  violated,  and  such  other  matter  as 
may  be  required  by  the  Board  of  Health. 

Sixth.  He  shall,  immediately,  upon  knowledge  of*  any  infraction  of  the 
rules,  report  the  same  to  the  Health  Officer.  (As  amended  September  20th, 
1883,  and  February  21st,  1884.) 


THE   BOARD   OF   HEALTH.  239 

ACT  OF  THE  LEGISLATUEE. 


■**  AN  ACT  TO   GEANT  TO  BOARDS    OF  HEALTH  IN  CITIES  AND  CITIES  AND   COUNTIES 
THE  POWER  TO  REGULATE  THE  PLUMBING  AND  DRAINAGE  OF  BUILDINGS." 

[Approved  March  15, 1883.] 

"  The  People  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

''Section  1.  Every  master  or  journeyman  plumber,  carrying  on  his  trade, 
shall,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Board  of  Health  of  such  county, 
or  city  and  county,  shall  prescribe,  register  his  name  and  address  at  the 
Health  Office  of  such  county,  or  city  and  county;  and,  after  the  said  date,  it 
shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  carry  on  the  trade  of  plumbing  in  any 
county,  or  city  and  county,  unless  his  name  and  address  be  registered,  as  above 
provided. 

"Section  2.  A  list  of  the  registered  plumbers  shall  be  published  in  the 
yearly  report  of  the  Health  Office. 

"  Section  3.  The  drainage  and  plumbing  of  all  buildings,  both  public  and 
private,  hereafter  erected  in  any  county,  or  city  and  county,  shall  be  executed 
in  accordance  with  plans  previously  approved,  in  writing,  by  the  Board  of 
Health  of  said  county,  or  city  and  county;  suitable  drawings  and  description 
of  the  said  drainage  and  plumbing  shall,  in  each  case  be  submitted  and 
placed  on  file  in  the  Health  Office.  The  said  Board  of  Health  are  also 
authorized  to  receive  and  place  on  file  drawings  and  descriptions  of  the 
drainage  and  plumbing  of  buildings  erected  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  Act. 
"  Section  4.  The  Boards  of  Supervisors,  or  other  city  or  county  officials, 
whose  duties  it  is  to  make  apportionments  for  the  Board  of  Health  of  such 
county,  or  city  and  county,  shall  make  the  necessary  apportionments  and 
shall  insert  the  same  in  the  yearly  tax  levy,  to  provide  for  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  this  Act. 

"Section  5.  Any  Court  of  Record  in  said  county,  or  city  and  county,  or 
any  judge  or  justice  thereof,  shall  have  power  at  any  time  after  the  service  of 
notice  of  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  and  upon  the 
affidavit  of  the  Health  Officer,  or  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  such 
county,  or  city  and  county,  to  restrain  by  injunction  order  the  further  violation 
named  in  this  Act,  or  of  any  work  upon  or  about  the  building  or  premises 
upon  which  the  said  violation  exists;  and  no  undertaking  shall  be  required  as 
a  condition  to  the  granting  or  issuing  of  such  injunction,  or  by  reason  thereof. 
'*  Section  6.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

"Section  7.    This  Act  shall  take  effect  immediately." 


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